I gave you a king in My anger, And took him away in My wrath.
Parallel translations
- WEB I have given you a king in my anger, and have taken him away in my wrath.
- KJV I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.
- BSB So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.
- NASB I gave you a king in My anger, And took him away in My wrath.
- NLT In my anger I gave you kings, and in my fury I took them away.
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Quick answer
God gave Israel a king in his anger and took him away in his wrath. It shows that their monarchy itself was bound up with judgment.
Overview
This reflects God's displeasure at Israel's demand for a king and at the rebellious northern dynasties that followed. What they sought as security became part of their chastisement. The verse warns that gifts pursued apart from God's will can become instruments of his judgment.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- 1 Sam 10:19But you have today rejected your God, who himself saves you out of all your calamities and your distresses; and you have said to him, ‘No! Set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before Yahweh by your tribes, and by your thousands.”
- Prov 28:2In rebellion, a land has many rulers, but order is maintained by a man of understanding and knowledge.
- 1 Sam 16:1Yahweh said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite; for I have provided a king for myself among his sons.”
- 1 Sam 8:7–9Yahweh said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they tell you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me as the king over them.
- Hos 10:3Surely now they will say, “We have no king; for we don’t fear Yahweh; and the king, what can he do for us?”
- 1 Kgs 14:7–16Go, tell Jeroboam, ‘Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: “Because I exalted you from among the people, and made you prince over my people Israel,
- 1 Kgs 12:15–16So the king didn’t listen to the people; for it was a thing brought about from Yahweh, that he might establish his word, which Yahweh spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
- 1 Sam 12:13Now therefore see the king whom you have chosen, and whom you have asked for. Behold, Yahweh has set a king over you.
- 1 Sam 31:1–7Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on Mount Gilboa.
- 1 Kgs 12:26–32Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom will return to David’s house.
- 1 Sam 15:22–23Samuel said, “Has Yahweh as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying Yahweh’s voice? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.
- 2 Kgs 17:1–4In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah began to reign in Samaria over Israel for nine years.
- Hos 10:7Samaria and her king float away, like a twig on the water.
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