Hosea 13:11

“So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.”

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BSBPD

“So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)

KJVPD

“I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.”

King James Version · Public Domain

ASVPD

“I have given thee a king in mine anger, and have taken him away in my wrath.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain

YLTPD

“I give to thee a king in Mine anger, And I take away in My wrath.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain

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Cross references

Other passages that echo Hosea 13:11 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

1 Samuel 8:7And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.
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 LORD by your tribes and clans.”
1 Samuel 12:1Then Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to your voice in all that you have said to me, and I have set over you a king.
1 Samuel 12:13Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you requested. Behold, the LORD has placed a king over you.
1 Samuel 15:22But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.
1 Samuel 15:23For 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 15:26“I will not return with you,” Samuel replied. “For you have rejected the word of the LORD, and He has rejected you as king over Israel.”
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 you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.”
1 Samuel 31:1Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
1 Kings 12:15So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word He had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.
1 Kings 12:26Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom might revert to the house of David.
1 Kings 14:7Go, tell Jeroboam that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I raised you up from among the people and appointed you ruler over My people Israel.
2 Kings 17:1In the twelfth year of the reign of Ahaz over Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria nine years.
Proverbs 28:2A land in rebellion has many rulers, but a man of understanding and knowledge maintains order.
Hosea 10:3Surely now they will say, “We have no king, for we do not revere the LORD. What can a king do for us?”
Hosea 10:7Samaria will be carried off with her king like a twig on the surface of the water.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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