“I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.”
Hosea 13:11 (KJV) |
Hosea 13:11
From Hosea 13, in the Book of Hosea (Old Testament).
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O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.
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?
I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.
The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid.
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.