“ I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath. ”
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 in...
Hosea 13:1-16 (= Heb. Hosea 13:1 to Hosea 14:1 ). Facilis descensus Averno. Israel has persistently lapsed into the Baal-worship and idolatry, and therefore shall be swept away as the chaff...
I gave thee, &c. Reference to 1 Samuel 8:7 . 1Sa 10:19. 1 Samuel 15:22 ; 1 Samuel 15:23 ; 1 Samuel 16:1 . Compare Hosea 10:3 . Or, literally "I give... and take him away", referring to. co...
These are the princes, of whom thou hast said, Give me a king and princes. I gave to thee in my wrath, and took away in my fury; that is “It was a cursed beginning, and it shall be a cursed...
I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath. 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 n...
I gave thee a king— I will give thee a king in mine anger, and will take him away, &c. We retain the future, because this may be considered as an answer to the demand just made, Give me a ki...
I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath. I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath - true both of Saul ( 1 Samuel 15:22-23 ; 1 Samuel 16:1 ) and...
Israel's Idolatry and its Consequences The main thought of this c., which is a continuation of the last (cp. Hosea 12:9 ; Hosea 13:4 ), is the folly of Israel incurring the enmity of God, who ha...
Gave... Took. — The past tenses should be present: “I give...” “take away.” The whole succession of Israelite kings, who generation after generation had been taken away, some by violent death, woul...
THE FINAL ARGUMENT Hosea 12:1-14 - Hosea 14:1 THE impassioned call with which the last chapter closed was by no means an assurance of salvation: "How am I to give thee, up, Ephraim? how am I...
to Oppose God Is Destruction Hosea 13:1-14 Again, a very tender chapter. The lips that speak with trembling betray the heart that God can exalt. But when we turn to Baal, the emblem of self-con...
In the second movement Jehovah set the present sin in the light of His present love. The sin of Ephraim and the sin of Judah, if the marginal reading be adopted, are both declared. The sin of Ephraim...
All that is here said may be considered as the natural effect of sin, which self-destroyers bring upon themselves. Here is an allusion perhaps to Israel's history, in the case of Saul, king of Israel...
I gave thee a king in mine anger ,.... Not the king of Assyria, sent to waste and destroy them, and carry them captive, as some, for of him the next clause cannot be said; nor Jeroboam, the first ki...
I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took [him] away in my wrath. Ver. 11. I gave thee a king in mine anger ] As once before he gave them quails to choke them. A king, that is, all those kings th...
I will be thy king I would have been thy king to save and govern thee, but thou refusedst me in both respects: yet I will be thy king to judge me and punish thee. The LXX. and all the ancient versi...
The Folly of Israel; Promises of Mercy. B. C. 722. 9 O Israel, thou hast destroyed thy...
I gave thee a king in mine anger; such as Shallum, Menahem, Pekah, &c.; but in displeasure against you. I took him away; the Hebrew says not what; I think, their kings mentioned. In my wrath...
Because Ephraim Have Offended So Deeply, And Have Rejected Their Deliverer, Judgment Upon Them Is Inevitable ( Hosea 13:1-16 ). The crimes of Israel are again laid bear. They are guilty of idolatr...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Hosea 13:10 . Where ] thy king to save when Assyrians attack cities? Where thy judges who surround the king and help to administer right? God gave and God punished them through...
Hosea 13:11 The Israelites seem to have asked for a king from an unthankful caprice and waywardness. To punish them, God gave them a king after their own heart, Saul, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;...
Hosea 13:1 . When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; When we are little in our own esteem, when we are full of fears concerning ourselves, when we dare not think of boasting,...
Hosea 13:2 . Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves. The readings vary here. The LXX, “You must sacrifice men, for there are no more calves.” The Vulgate Latin reads, “Sacrifice the men that w...
I gave thee a king in Mine anger, and took him away in My wrath. Saul The Israelites seem to have asked for a king from an unthankful caprice and waywardness. The ill conduct of Samuel’s sons w...
EXPOSITION The first eight verses of this chapter form the premises from which the prophet, in the ninth verse, draws the conclusion that the conduct of Israel had been suicidal; that they had b...
The Retribution Coming
1 Kings 12:15 ; 1 Kings 12:16 ; 1 Kings 12:26-32 ; 1 Kings 14:7-16 ; 1 Samuel 10:19 ; 1 Samuel 12:13 ; 1 Samuel 15:22 ; 1 Samuel 15:23 ; 1 Samuel 16:1 ; 1 Samuel 31:1-7 ; 1 Samuel 8:7-9 ;...
A king — Such as Shallum, Menahem, Pekah.