King James Version (KJV)
Hosea 13:11
“I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took [him] away in my wrath.”
Verse in context — Hosea 13
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 breaking forth of children.
About Hosea
God’s steadfast love for His unfaithful people, symbolized through Hosea’s marriage.
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