A moment in scripture
Hosea 13:11
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I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.
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The surrounding passage
- Hosea 13:9
O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.
- Hosea 13:10
I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?
- Hosea 13:12
The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid.
- Hosea 13:13
The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.