World English Bible

Hosea 13:11

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

Verse in context — Hosea 13

You are destroyed, Israel, because you are against me, against your help.

Where is your king now, that he may save you in all your cities? And your judges, of whom you said, 'Give me a king and princes?

I have given you a king in my anger, and have taken him away in my wrath.

The guilt of Ephraim is stored up. His sin is stored up.

The sorrows of a travailing woman will come on him. He is an unwise son; for when it is time, he doesn't come to the opening of the womb.

God’s steadfast love for His unfaithful people, symbolized through Hosea’s marriage.