Hosea 13:11

Good News Translation

In my anger I have given you kings, and in my fury I have taken them away.

Cross References

Proverbs 28:2

When a nation sins, it will have one ruler after another. But a nation will be strong and endure when it has intelligent, sensible leaders.

Hosea 10:3

These people will soon be saying, “We have no king because we did not fear the Lord. But what could a king do for us anyway?”

Hosea 10:7

Their king will be carried off, like a chip of wood on water.

Hosea 3:4

In just this way the people of Israel will have to live for a long time without kings or leaders, without sacrifices or sacred stone pillars, without idols or images to use for divination.

Hosea 8:4

“My people chose kings, but they did it on their own. They appointed leaders, but without my approval. They took their silver and gold and made idols—for their own destruction.

1 Samuel 10:17

Samuel called the people together for a religious gathering at Mizpah

1 Samuel 10:19

I am your God, the one who rescues you from all your troubles and difficulties, but today you have rejected me and have asked me to give you a king. Very well, then, gather yourselves before the Lord by tribes and by clans.’”

1 Samuel 12:1

Then Samuel said to the people of Israel, “I have done what you asked me to do. I have given you a king to rule you,

1 Samuel 12:13

“Now here is the king you chose; you asked for him, and now the Lord has given him to you.

1 Samuel 15:26

“I will not go back with you,” Samuel answered. “You rejected the Lord's command, and he has rejected you as king of Israel.”

1 Samuel 16:1

The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you go on grieving over Saul? I have rejected him as king of Israel. But now get some olive oil and go to Bethlehem, to a man named Jesse, because I have chosen one of his sons to be king.”