Hosea 13:10
Where then is now thy king, that he may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges, since thou saidst, Give me a king, and princes?
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
9Thou hast destroyed thyself, O Israel; for against me, against thy helper [didst thou rebel.]
11I give thee a king in my anger, and take him away in my wrath.
Cross References
Judges 2:16And the Lord raised up judges, and they delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.
1 Samuel 8:7And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they may say unto thee; for not thee have they rejected, but me have they rejected, that I should not reign over them.
1 Samuel 12:11And the Lord sent Yerubba'al, and Bedan, and Yiphthach, and Samuel, and he delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, so that ye dwelt safely.
2 Kings 17:4And the king of Assyria discovered a conspiracy on Hoshea'; for he had sent messengers to So the king of Egypt, and had raised no tribute for the king of Assyria, as [before] year by year; and the king of Assyria made him prisoner, and shut him up in a prison-house.
Psalms 44:4(44:5) Thou art my King, O God: ordain salvation for Jacob.
Psalms 74:12Since [thou] God art my King from olden days, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
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 →