Hosea 13:11
And I gave thee a king in mine anger, and kept him back in my wrath.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.
In Context
12Ephraim has framed a conspiracy of unrighteousness, his sin is hidden.
Cross References
1 Samuel 10:19And ye have this day rejected God, who is himself your Deliverer out of all your evils and afflictions; and ye said, Nay, but thou shalt set a king over us: and now stand before the Lord according to your tribes, and according to your families.
1 Samuel 12:13And now behold the king + 12:13 Alex. + 'whom ye asked for,' nearer the Heb.whom ye have chosen; and behold, the Lord has set a king over you.
1 Samuel 15:23For sin is as divination; idols bring on pain and grief. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord also shall reject thee from being king over Israel.
1 Samuel 16:1And the Lord said to Samuel, How long dost thou mourn for Saul, whereas I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill thy horn with oil, and come, I will send thee to Jessæ, to Bethleem; for I have seen among his sons a king for me.
1 Kings 12:15And the king hearkened not to the people, because the change was from the Lord, that he might establish his word which he spoke + 12:15 Gr. by the hand of.by Achia the Selonite concerning Jeroboam the son of Nabat.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 13:10-16
The Folly of Israel; Promises of Mercy. ( b. c. 722.) 9 O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help. 10 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? 11 I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath. 12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid. 13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the… Read the whole commentary →