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?
• 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’?
• New Living Translation (NLT)Now where is your king? Let him save you! Where are all the leaders of the land, the king and the officials you demanded of me?

Context of Hosea 13:10

8Like a bear robbed of her cubs, I will attack them and rip them open; like a lion I will devour them— a wild animal will tear them apart. 9“You are destroyed, Israel, because you are against me, against your helper. 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’? 11So in my anger I gave you a king, and in my wrath I took him away. 12The guilt of Ephraim is stored up, his sins are kept on record.

Hosea 13:10 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• I willאֱהִי'ĕhîy · where?H165
• be thy kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• whereאֵפוֹ'êphô 'êphô' · thenH645
• that may saveיָשַׁעyâsha‛ · to saveH3467
• thee in all thy citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• and thy judgesשָׁפַטshâphaţ · to judgeH8199
• of whom thou saidstאָמַר'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 was a traitor, for he had sent envoys to So king of Egypt, and he no longer paid tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore Shalmaneser seized him and put him in prison.
• Psalms 10:16The Lord is King for ever and ever; the nations will perish from his land.
• Psalms 44:4You are my King and my God, who decrees victories for Jacob.
• Psalms 47:6Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises.
• Psalms 74:12But God is my King from long ago; he brings salvation on the earth.
• Psalms 89:18Indeed, our shield belongs to the Lord, our king to the Holy One of Israel.
• Psalms 149:2Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the people of Zion be glad 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, Israel’s Creator, your King.”
• Jeremiah 8:19Listen to the cry of my people from a land far away: “Is the Lord not in Zion? Is her King no longer there?” “Why have they aroused my anger with their images, with their worthless foreign idols?”
• Zechariah 14:9The Lord will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one Lord, and his name the only name.
• John 1:49Then Nathanael declared, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel.”
• Hosea 13:4“But I have been the Lord your God ever since you came out of Egypt. You shall acknowledge no God but me, no Savior except me.
• Hosea 10:3Then they will say, “We have no king because we did not revere the Lord. But even if we had a king, what could he do for us?”
• Deuteronomy 32:37He will say: “Now where are their gods, the rock they took refuge in,
• Jeremiah 2:28Where then are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them come if they can save you when you are in trouble! For you, Judah, have as many gods as you have towns.

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