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Hosea 13:10

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Where is your king? Can he save you in any of your cities? Where are your judges? You asked for them, saying, ‘Give me a king and leaders.’

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The Israelites chose their kings, but they didn’t come to me for advice. They chose leaders, but they didn’t choose men I knew. The Israelites used their silver and gold to make idols for themselves, so they will be destroyed.

Now the Israelites say, “We have no king. We don’t honor the Lord. And his king cannot do anything to us.”

Then Nathanael said, “Teacher, you are the Son of God. You are the King of Israel.”

And the Lord will be the King of the whole world. At that time all people will worship him as the only Lord with only one name.

“I have been the Lord your God since the time you were in the land of Egypt. You did not know any other god except me. I am the one who saved you.

Listen to my people. Everywhere in this country, people are crying for help. They say, “Is the Lord still at Zion? Is Zion’s King still there?” But God says, “The people of Judah worshiped their worthless foreign idols. That made me very angry! Why did they do that?”

But where are the idols you made for yourselves? Let’s see if they come and save you when you are in trouble! People of Judah, you have as many idols as you have cities!

I am the Lord your Holy One. I made Israel. I am your King.”

Let Israel be happy with their Maker. Let the people of Zion rejoice with their King.

The king, our protector, belongs to the Lord, who is the Holy One of Israel.

God, you have been our King for a long time. You have saved us many times on this earth.

God, you are my king. Give the command and lead Jacob’s people to victory.

Lord, you are King forever and ever, so I know you will remove the wicked nations from your land.

Later, Hoshea sent messengers to the king of Egypt to ask for help. That king’s name was So. That year Hoshea did not pay tribute to the king of Assyria as he did every other year. The king of Assyria learned that Hoshea had made plans against him. So he arrested Hoshea and put him in jail.

When all the Israelites heard that Jeroboam had come back, they called him to a meeting and made him king over all Israel. The tribe of Judah was the only tribe that continued to follow the family of David.

In the same way the people of Israel will continue many days without a king or a leader. They will be without a sacrifice or a memorial stone. They will be without an ephod or a household god.

They are all like hot ovens. They destroyed their rulers. All their kings fell. Not one of them called to me for help.

The Lord told Samuel, “Do what the people tell you. They have not rejected you. They have rejected me. They don’t want me to be their king.

The king was very important to us. He was like the breath we breathe, but he was trapped by them. The Lord himself chose the king, and we said this about the king, “We will live in his shadow. He protects us from the nations.”




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