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

9“You are about to be destroyed, O Israel— yes, by me, your only helper. 10Now 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? In my anger I gave you kings, and in my fury I took them away. 12“Ephraim’s guilt has been collected, and his sin has been stored up for punishment. 13Pain has come to the people like the pain of childbirth, but they are like a child who resists being born. The moment of birth has arrived, but they stay in the womb!

Hosea 13:11 word by word

אֶֽתֶּן־לְךָ֥ מֶ֙לֶךְ֙ בְּאַפִּ֔י וְאֶקַּ֖ח בְּעֶבְרָתִֽי׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I gaveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• thee a kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• in mine angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• and tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• away in my wrathעֶבְרָה‛ebrâh · furyH5678

Cross-references for Hosea 13:11

• Hosea 10:3Then they will say, “We have no king because we didn’t fear the Lord. But even if we had a king, what could he do for us anyway?”
• 1 Samuel 8:7“Do everything they say to you,” the Lord replied, “for they are rejecting me, not you. They don’t want me to be their king any longer.
• 1 Samuel 10:19But though I have rescued you from your misery and distress, you have rejected your God today and have said, ‘No, we want a king instead!’ Now, therefore, present yourselves before the Lord by tribes and clans.”
• 1 Samuel 12:13All right, here is the king you have chosen. You asked for him, and the Lord has granted your request.
• 1 Samuel 15:22But Samuel replied, “What is more pleasing to the Lord: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice? Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice, and submission is better than offering the fat of rams.
• 1 Samuel 16:1Now the Lord said to Samuel, “You have mourned long enough for Saul. I have rejected him as king of Israel, so fill your flask with olive oil and go to Bethlehem. Find a man named Jesse who lives there, for I have selected one of his sons to be my king.”
• 1 Samuel 31:1Now the Philistines attacked Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them. Many were slaughtered on the slopes of Mount Gilboa.
• 1 Kings 12:15So the king paid no attention to the people. This turn of events was the will of the Lord, for it fulfilled the Lord’s message to Jeroboam son of Nebat through the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh.
• 1 Kings 14:7Give your husband, Jeroboam, this message from the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘I promoted you from the ranks of the common people and made you ruler over my people Israel.
• 2 Kings 17:1Hoshea son of Elah began to rule over Israel in the twelfth year of King Ahaz’s reign in Judah. He reigned in Samaria nine years.
• Proverbs 28:2When there is moral rot within a nation, its government topples easily. But wise and knowledgeable leaders bring stability.

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