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A Gift Given in Anger
Commentators overwhelmingly agree that this verse illustrates a sobering principle: God sometimes grants sinful human desires as a form of judgment. Israel rejected God's direct rule and demanded a king. God gave them what they wanted, but it was an act of 'anger,' not blessing. This serves as a warning that getting what we sinfully crave can be a curse from God, a gift given in displeasure.
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Hosea
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Albert Barnes
On Hosea 13:11
18th Century
Theologian
I gave you a king in My anger (Hosea 13:11). As one has said: “God, when He is asked for anything amiss, shows displeas…
Charles Ellicott
On Hosea 13:11
19th Century
Bishop
Gave ... Took. —The past tenses should be present: “I give ...” “take away.” The whole succession of Israelite kings, who generati…
Charles Spurgeon
On Hosea 13:11–12
19th Century
Preacher
How sadly true this is! Sin seems to be bound up in our very nature. It is hard to find it; it is hidden away; and when we discover some of it, and…
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John Calvin
On Hosea 13:9–11
16th Century
Theologian
In the first place, God reproaches the Israelites for having in their perverseness rejected whatever was offered for their safety. But He proceeds …
John Gill
On Hosea 13:11
17th Century
Pastor
I gave you a king in mine anger
Not the king of Assyria, sent to waste and destroy them, and carry them captive, as …
Matthew Henry
On Hosea 13:9–16
17th Century
Minister
Israel had destroyed himself by his rebellion; but he could not save himself, his help was from the Lord only. This may well be applied to the case…