Hosea 13:11

Hosea 13:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.
• New International Version (NIV)So in my anger I gave you a king, and in my wrath I took him away.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I gave you a king in my anger, and I took him away in my wrath.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I gave you a king in My anger, And took him away in My wrath.

Context of Hosea 13:11

9It is your destruction, O Israel, That you are against Me, against your help. 10Where now is your king That he may save you in all your cities, And your judges of whom you requested, “Give me a king and princes”? I gave you a king in My anger And took him away in My wrath. 12The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; His sin is stored up. 13The pains of childbirth come upon him; He is not a wise son, For it is not the time that he should delay at the opening of the womb.

Hosea 13:11 word by word

אֶֽתֶּן־לְךָ֥ מֶ֙לֶךְ֙ בְּאַפִּ֔י וְאֶקַּ֖ח בְּעֶבְרָתִֽי׃ סRead the interlinear

• gaveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• you a kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• in My angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• him away in My wrathעֶבְרָה‛ebrâh · furyH5678

Cross-references for Hosea 13:11

• Hosea 10:3Surely now they will say, “We have no king, For we do not revere the Lord. As for the king, what can he do for us?”
• 1 Samuel 8:7The Lord said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in regard to all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from being king over them.
• 1 Samuel 10:19But you have today rejected your God, who delivers you from all your calamities and your distresses; yet you have said, ‘No, but set a king over us!’ Now therefore, present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and by your clans.”
• 1 Samuel 12:13Now therefore, here is the king whom you have chosen, whom you have asked for, and behold, the Lord has set a king over you.
• 1 Samuel 15:22Samuel said, “Has the Lord as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams.
• 1 Samuel 16:1Now the Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have selected a king for Myself among his sons.”
• 1 Samuel 31:1Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines and fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
• 1 Kings 12:15So the king did not listen to the people; for it was a turn of events from the Lord, that He might establish His word, which the Lord spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
• 1 Kings 14:7Go, say to Jeroboam, ‘Thus says the Lord God of Israel, “Because I exalted you from among the people and made you leader over My people Israel,
• 2 Kings 17:1In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned nine years.
• Proverbs 28:2By the transgression of a land many are its princes, But by a man of understanding and knowledge, so it endures.

Commentaries on Hosea 13:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11I gave thee a king in mine anger - Such was Saul; for they highly offended God when they clamoured to have a king like the heathen nations that were around them. Took him away in my wrath - Permitted him and the Israelites to fall before the Philistines. Others think that Shalmaneser was the king thus given, and Hoshea the king thus taken away.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11I gave thee a king in Mine anger - o“God, when He is asked for ought amiss, sheweth displeasure, when He giveth, hath mercy, when He giveth not.” “The devil was heard,” (in asking to enter into the swine) “the Apostle was not heard,” (when he prayed that the messenger of Satan might depart from him), “God heard him whom He purposed to condemn; and He heard not him whom He willed to heal.”: “God, when propitious, denieth what we love, when we love amiss…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. 11Israel had chosen its kings without asking the Lord, so now he would take them away in anger.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. I gave ... king in ... anger ... took ... away in ... wrath--true both of Saul (1Sa 15:22, 23; 16:1) and of Jeroboam's line (2Ki 15:30). Pekah was taken away through Hoshea, as he himself took away Pekahiah; and as Hoshea was soon to be taken away by the Assyrian king.Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 13:11

• Anger
• King
• Saul

In the dictionaries

• Hoshea
• Ransom
• Hosea
• Zechariah (2)
• Zechariah, Book of

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