So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away. So in My anger I gave you a kingThis phrase reflects God's response to Israel's demand for a king, which is recorded in 1 Samuel 8. The Israelites desired to be like other nations, rejecting God as their direct ruler. This request displeased God, as it demonstrated a lack of faith and trust in His leadership. The granting of a king, starting with Saul, was a concession to their demands, but it was done in anger because it represented a rejection of God's ideal plan for His people. The historical context shows that Israel's monarchy often led to idolatry and disobedience, which ultimately resulted in divine judgment. and in My wrath I took him away
This part of the verse refers to God's judgment upon the kings of Israel, particularly the removal of Saul as king due to his disobedience (1 Samuel 15:26-28). It also foreshadows the eventual downfall of the monarchy and the exile of the people. The phrase highlights the consequences of Israel's rebellion and the seriousness of divine wrath. The removal of kings can be seen as a type of Christ, who is the ultimate King that God provides, contrasting with the flawed human kings. This also connects to the broader biblical theme of God's sovereignty and justice, as seen in the removal of leaders who fail to uphold His covenant. Persons / Places / Events 1. HoseaA prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel, Hosea's ministry was marked by his call for Israel to return to God amidst their unfaithfulness. 2. IsraelThe Northern Kingdom, often characterized by idolatry and rebellion against God during Hosea's time. 3. Kings of IsraelThe monarchy in Israel, which began with Saul and included a series of kings who often led the people away from God. 4. God's Anger and WrathReflects God's righteous response to Israel's persistent disobedience and idolatry. 5. The Monarchy's Rise and FallThe establishment and eventual downfall of Israel's monarchy as a result of their rejection of God. Teaching Points God's Sovereignty in LeadershipGod is ultimately in control of who leads His people. Even when leaders are appointed in response to human demands, God remains sovereign over their rise and fall. Consequences of Rejecting GodIsrael's demand for a king was a rejection of God's direct rule. This decision led to consequences that affected the entire nation, reminding us of the importance of seeking God's will in our decisions. The Danger of IdolatryThe kings of Israel often led the people into idolatry, which provoked God's anger. We must guard against allowing anything to take God's place in our lives. Repentance and Return to GodDespite Israel's unfaithfulness, God's desire was for them to return to Him. This is a call for us to continually seek repentance and restoration in our relationship with God. Understanding God's DisciplineGod's actions, whether in giving or taking away, are rooted in His desire for His people to return to Him. We should view God's discipline as an opportunity for growth and realignment with His will. Bible Study Questions 1. How does the account of Israel demanding a king in 1 Samuel 8 relate to God's statement in Hosea 13:11? 2. In what ways can we see the consequences of rejecting God's leadership in our own lives or communities today? 3. How can we ensure that we are not allowing modern-day "idols" to take precedence over our relationship with God? 4. What steps can we take to align our decisions with God's will, especially when faced with significant life choices? 5. How can we view and respond to God's discipline in our lives as an opportunity for spiritual growth and renewal? Connections to Other Scriptures 1 Samuel 8This chapter describes Israel's demand for a king, which displeased God, yet He granted their request, leading to Saul's anointment. 1 Samuel 15God's rejection of Saul as king due to his disobedience, illustrating the removal of a king in God's wrath. 2 Kings 17The fall of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, which is a culmination of their persistent idolatry and rejection of God. Deuteronomy 17:14-20God's instructions for a king, highlighting the conditions under which a king should rule, which Israel failed to follow. People HoseaPlaces Egypt, SamariaTopics Anger, Angry, Kings, WrathDictionary of Bible Themes Hosea 13:10-11 5370 kingship, human Library Destruction and Help
'O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in Me is thine help.'--HOSEA xiii. 9 (A.V.). 'It is thy destruction, O Israel, that thou art against Me, against thy Help' (R.V.). These words are obscure by reason of their brevity. Literally they might be rendered, 'Thy destruction for, in, or against Me; in, or against thy Help.' Obviously, some words must be supplied to bring out any sense. Our Authorised Version has chosen the supplement 'is,' which fails to observe the second occurrence with 'thy …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy ScriptureLetter xxxvi (Circa A. D. 1131) to the Same Hildebert, who had not yet Acknowledged the Lord Innocent as Pope.
To the Same Hildebert, Who Had Not Yet Acknowledged the Lord Innocent as Pope. He exhorts him to recognise Innocent, now an exile in France, owing to the schism of Peter Leonis, as the rightful Pontiff. To the great prelate, most exalted in renown, Hildebert, by the grace of God Archbishop of Tours, Bernard, called Abbot of Clairvaux, sends greeting, and prays that he may walk in the Spirit, and spiritually discern all things. 1. To address you in the words of the prophet, Consolation is hid from …
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux—Some Letters of Saint Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux The Joyous Return
"When God's right arm is bared for war, And thunders clothe his cloudy car." e'en then he stays his uplifted hand, reins in the steeds of vengeance, and holds communion with grace; "for his mercy endureth for ever," and "judgment is his strange work." To use another figure: the whole book of Hosea is like a great trial wherein witnesses have appeared against the accused, and the arguments and excuses of the guilty have been answered and baffled. All has been heard for them, and much, very much against …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 37: 1891 "For if Ye Live after the Flesh, Ye Shall Die; but if Ye through the Spirit do Mortify the Deeds of the Body, Ye Shall Live.
Rom. viii. s 13, 14.--"For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die; but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God." The life and being of many things consists in union,--separate them, and they remain not the same, or they lose their virtue. It is much more thus in Christianity, the power and life of it consists in the union of these things that God hath conjoined, so that if any man pretend to …
Hugh Binning—The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning How a Private Man must Begin the Morning with Piety.
As soon as ever thou awakest in the morning, keep the door of thy heart fast shut, that no earthly thought may enter, before that God come in first; and let him, before all others, have the first place there. So all evil thoughts either will not dare to come in, or shall the easier be kept out; and the heart will more savour of piety and godliness all the day after; but if thy heart be not, at thy first waking, filled with some meditations of God and his word, and dressed, like the lamp in the tabernacle …
Lewis Bayly—The Practice of Piety What the Scriptures Principally Teach: the Ruin and Recovery of Man. Faith and Love Towards Christ.
2 Tim. i. 13.--"Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." Here is the sum of religion. Here you have a compend of the doctrine of the Scriptures. All divine truths may be reduced to these two heads,--faith and love; what we ought to believe, and what we ought to do. This is all the Scriptures teach, and this is all we have to learn. What have we to know, but what God hath revealed of himself to us? And what have we to do, but what …
Hugh Binning—The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Thoughts Upon Striving to Enter at the Strait Gate.
AS certainly as we are here now, it is not long but we shall all be in another World, either in a World of Happiness, or else in a World of Misery, or if you will, either in Heaven or in Hell. For these are the two only places which all Mankind from the beginning of the World to the end of it, must live in for evermore, some in the one, some in the other, according to their carriage and behaviour here; and therefore it is worth the while to take a view and prospect now and then of both these places, …
William Beveridge—Private Thoughts Upon a Christian Life The Knowledge of God
'The Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.' I Sam 2:2. Glorious things are spoken of God; he transcends our thoughts, and the praises of angels. God's glory lies chiefly in his attributes, which are the several beams by which the divine nature shines forth. Among other of his orient excellencies, this is not the least, The Lord is a God of knowledge; or as the Hebrew word is, A God of knowledges.' Through the bright mirror of his own essence, he has a full idea and cognisance …
Thomas Watson—A Body of Divinity The Quotation in Matt. Ii. 6.
Several interpreters, Paulus especially, have asserted that the interpretation of Micah which is here given, was that of the Sanhedrim only, and not of the Evangelist, who merely recorded what happened and was said. But this assertion is at once refuted when we consider the object which Matthew has in view in his entire representation of the early life of Jesus. His object in recording the early life of Jesus is not like that of Luke, viz., to communicate historical information to his readers. …
Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—Christology of the Old Testament Hosea
The book of Hosea divides naturally into two parts: i.-iii. and iv.-xiv., the former relatively clear and connected, the latter unusually disjointed and obscure. The difference is so unmistakable that i.-iii. have usually been assigned to the period before the death of Jeroboam II, and iv.-xiv. to the anarchic period which succeeded. Certainly Hosea's prophetic career began before the end of Jeroboam's reign, as he predicts the fall of the reigning dynasty, i. 4, which practically ended with Jeroboam's …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament Links Hosea 13:11 NIVHosea 13:11 NLTHosea 13:11 ESVHosea 13:11 NASBHosea 13:11 KJV
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