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 to your own destruction, Israel, That you are against Me, against your help. 10Where then is your king, That he might save you in all your cities; And your judges, to whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”? I gave you a king in My anger, And took him away in My wrath. 12The guilt of Ephraim is wrapped up; His sin is stored up. 13The pains of childbirth come on 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 10:3Certainly 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 8:7And the Lord said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people regarding all that they say to you, because they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from being King over them.
• 1 Samuel 10:19But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your catastrophes and your distresses; yet you have said, ‘No, but put a king over us!’ Now then, present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and by your groups of thousands.”
• 1 Samuel 12:13And now, behold, the king whom you have chosen, whom you have asked for, and behold, the Lord has put a king over you.
• 1 Samuel 15:22Samuel said, “Does the Lord have as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than a sacrifice, And to pay attention is better than the fat of rams.
• 1 Samuel 16:1Now the Lord said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for 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, because I have chosen a king for Myself among his sons.”
• 1 Samuel 31:1Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel fled from the Philistines but fell fatally wounded on Mount Gilboa.
• 1 Kings 12:15So the king did not listen to the people; because it was a turn of events from the Lord, in order to establish His word which the Lord spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
• 1 Kings 14:7Go, say to Jeroboam, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: “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 for nine years.
• Proverbs 28:2Due to a wrongdoing of a land its leaders are many, But by a person 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