Hosea 13:10

Hosea 13:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?
• New International Version (NIV)Where is your king, that he may save you? Where are your rulers in all your towns, of whom you said, ‘Give me a king and princes’?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Where now is your king, to save you in all your cities? Where are all your rulers— those of whom you said, "Give me a king and princes"?
• New King James Version (NKJV)I will be your King; Where is any other, That he may save you in all your cities? And your judges to whom you said, ‘Give me a king and princes’?

Context of Hosea 13:10

8Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast tearing them apart. 9You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me— against your helper. Where is your king now to save you in all your cities, and the rulers to whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”? 11So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away. 12The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is stored up.

Hosea 13:10 word by word

אֱהִ֤י מַלְכְּךָ֙ אֵפ֔וֹא וְיוֹשִֽׁיעֲךָ֖ בְּכָל־עָרֶ֑יךָ וְשֹׁ֣פְטֶ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָמַ֔רְתָּ תְּנָה־לִּ֖י מֶ֥לֶךְ וְשָׂרִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• Where isאֱהִי'ĕhîy · where?H165
• your kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• nowאֵפוֹ'êphô 'êphô' · thenH645
• to save youיָשַׁעyâsha‛ · to saveH3467
• in allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• your citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• and the rulersשָׁפַטshâphaţ · to judgeH8199
• to whomאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• you saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• and princesשַׂרώar · rulerH8269

Cross-references for Hosea 13:10

• 2 Kings 17:4But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested Hoshea and put him in prison.
• Psalms 10:16The LORD is King forever and ever; the nations perish from His land.
• Psalms 44:4You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.
• Psalms 47:6Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises!
• Psalms 74:12Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth.
• Psalms 89:18Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.
• Psalms 149:2Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.
• Isaiah 33:22For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. It is He who will save us.
• Isaiah 43:15I am the LORD, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, and your King.”
• Jeremiah 8:19Listen to the cry of the daughter of my people from a land far away: “Is the LORD no longer in Zion? Is her King no longer there?” “Why have they provoked Me to anger with their carved images, with their worthless foreign idols?”
• Zechariah 14:9On that day the LORD will become King over all the earth—the LORD alone, and His name alone.
• John 1:49“Rabbi,” Nathanael answered, “You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”
• Hosea 13:4Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.
• Hosea 10:3Surely now they will say, “We have no king, for we do not revere the LORD. What can a king do for us?”
• Deuteronomy 32:37He will say: “Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge,
• Jeremiah 2:28But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah.

Commentaries on Hosea 13:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Give me a king and princes? - Referring to the time in which they cast off the Divine theocracy and chose Saul in the place of Jehovah.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10I will be thy King - (literally, “I would be” thy King) Where is any other that, etc. A better translation would be: “Where now is thy king, that he may save thee in all thy cities; and thy judges, of whom thou saidst, give me a king and princes.” As Israel was under Samuel, such it remained. “Then” it mistrusted God, and looked to man for help, saying, “Nay, but we will have a king over us, that we also may be like other nations, and that our king may…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-16Verses 9-16 Israel had destroyed himself by his rebellion; but he could not save himself, his help was from the Lord only. This may well be applied to the case of spiritual redemption, from that lost state into which all have fallen by wilful sins. God often gives in displeasure what we sinfully desire. It is the happiness of the saints, that, whether God gives or takes away, all is in love. But it is the misery of the wicked, that, whether God gives or…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10Where is your king: When Hoshea's alliance with Egypt failed (see Hosea 12:1), he attempted to make peace with Assyria. However, they captured and imprisoned him (2 Kings 17:4). The Israelites had depended on their armies and kings for salvation instead of the Lord, and now no one could save them.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. I will be thy king; where--rather, as the Margin and the Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate, "Where now is thy king?" [Maurer]. English Version is, however, favored both by the Hebrew, by the antithesis between Israel's self-chosen and perishing kings, and God, Israel's abiding King (compare Ho 3:4, 5). where ... Give me a king--Where now is the king whom ye substituted in My stead? Neither Saul, whom the whole nation begged for, not contented with Me their…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Hosea 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings