Hosea 13:10
Where is thy king, then, that he may save thee throughout all thy cities? and thy judges, concerning whom thou saidst, Oh give me a king and rulers?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
9It hath utterly destroyed thee, O Israel, for it was against me, as thy helper!
11I might give thee a king in mine anger, and take him away in my wrath.
Cross References
Judges 2:16And, though Yahweh raised up judges,—who saved them out of the hand of them that plundered them,
1 Samuel 8:7And Yahweh said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people, in all that they shall say unto thee,—for, not thee, have they rejected, but, me, have they rejected, from being king over them.
1 Samuel 12:11then Yahweh sent Jerubbaal and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel,—and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies, on every side, and ye dwelt in safety.
2 Kings 17:4Then found the king of Assyria, in Hosea, a conspiracy, in that he had sent messengers unto So king of Egypt, and had not brought up a present to the king of Assyria, as [he had done] year by year,—therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.
Psalms 44:4Thou thyself, art my king, O God, Command thou the victories of Jacob.
Psalms 74:12But, God, hath been my king from aforetime, Working Deliverances 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 →