Hosea 13:11
in Hosea 13So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.
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ASV
I have given thee a king in mine anger, and have taken him away in my wrath.
KJV
I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.
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This verse in Hosea 13
Commentary
10 notes on this verseBut let no one who suffers such a ruler, blame him whom he suffers: because his being subject to the power of a wicked ruler was doubtless of his own desert. Let him therefore rather blame the fault of his own evil doings, than the injustice of his ruler. For it is written, "I will give thee kings in Mine anger." Why then do we scorn their being set over us, whose authority over us we endure from the anger of the Lord?
This site's exposition
You are destroyed, O Israel
on Hosea 13:9-11
Verse 9 states Israel's ruin and its cause, "You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me". "So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away" covers Saul's removal and the kingdom's usurper kings.
This site's exposition
in My wrath I took him away
Jamieson, Fausset and Brown apply the verse to Israel's last kings: Hoshea took away Pekah, and the king of Assyria would take Hoshea. Gregory drew a lesson for people under a wicked ruler. God gives such kings in anger, so the people should blame their own sin.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
"Your destruction, Israel, only your help is with me. Where is your king? May he save you now in all your cities; and your judges, of whom you said: Give me a king and princes: I will give you a king in my fury, and take away in my indignation." LXX: "Who will help you in your corruption, O Israel? Where is your king? May he save you in all your cities and judge you as you said: 'Give me a king and prince.' I gave you a king and prince in my anger and took away in my fury."
Praise wicked King Saul, because he also was a punishment for sinners, as the Lord says: "I gave you a king in my wrath." Praise the demon that king suffered, because it also was punishment for a sinner. Praise the blindness of heart that has befallen Israel, and do not be silent about why it is said, "Until the full number of the Gentiles should enter," although you will perhaps deny this is a punishment. If you were a lover of the inner light, you would cry out that it is not merely a punishment but a very great punishment.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
I gave thee a king in mine anger,....
4 Yet I am the L ORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me. Idolatry was the sin that did most easily beset the Jewish nation till after the captivity; the ten tribes from the first were guilty of it, but especially after the days of Ahab; and this is the sin which, in these verses, they are charged with.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
I 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; when wroth, He giveth to the lover, what he loveth amiss.
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
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.
I 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.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up I did not overlook it; it is laid up with Me.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֶֽתֶּן־ | ʾeten- | I gave | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לְךָ֥ | lekha | to you | ||
| מֶ֙לֶךְ֙ | melekh | a king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| בְּאַפִּ֔י | beapi | in anger my | H639 → | 276 times |
| וְאֶקַּ֖ח | veekach | so I may take [him] away | H3947 → | 966 times |
| בְּעֶבְרָתִֽי׃ ס | beevrati | in wrath my | H5678 → |
אֶֽתֶּן־I gave
ʾeten-H5414 →2011 times
לְךָ֥to you
lekha
מֶ֙לֶךְ֙a king
melekhH4428 →2525 times
בְּאַפִּ֔יin anger my
beapiH639 →276 times
וְאֶקַּ֖חso I may take [him] away
veekachH3947 →966 times
בְּעֶבְרָתִֽי׃ סin wrath my
beevratiH5678 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Samuel 16:1Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 9:1
Now Elisha the prophet summoned one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, “Tuck your cloak under your belt, take this flask of oil, and go to Ramoth-gilead.
- 1 Samuel 15:23
For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.”
- 1 Samuel 15:35
And to the day of his death, Samuel never again visited Saul. Samuel mourned for Saul, and the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.
- Psalms 78:68–71
But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.
- 1 Samuel 10:1
Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance?
- 2 Kings 9:1
Through
Proverbs 28:2A land in rebellion has many rulers, but a man of understanding and knowledge maintains order.
it leads to
- Job 22:28–30
Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.
- Genesis 45:5–8
And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.
- Job 22:28–30
Through
1 Samuel 10:19But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions, and you have said to Him, ‘No, set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the…
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 12:12
But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was…
- 1 Samuel 12:12
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Augustine of Hippo, AGAINST JULIAN 3:8; Gregory the Dialogist, Morals on the Book of Job, Book 25:34; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Hosea 13:9-11; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.