Hosea 13:4
2 Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!”
3 Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.
Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.
5 I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.
6 When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.
- KJV
- Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.
- WEB
- “Yet I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt; and you shall acknowledge no god but me, and besides me there is no savior.
- ASV
- Yet I am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt; and thou shalt know no god but me, and besides me there is no saviour.
- DARBY
- Yet I [am] Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou hast known no God but me; and there is no saviour besides me.
- BLB
- For I [am] YHWH your God, from the land of Egypt; and you know no gods besides Me, and no one is able to save besides Me!
- ÅB
- Men jeg er Herren din Gud fra Egypt, og noen annen Gud enn meg kjenner du ikke, og noen annen frelser finnes det ikke.
- OTB
- Likevel har jeg vært Herren din Gud
Siden landet Egypt;
Og du skulle ikke kjenne noen gud unntatt Meg,
For det er ingen frelser ved siden av Meg. - B1930
- Men jeg er Herren din Gud fra Egyptens land, og nogen annen Gud enn mig kjenner du ikke, og nogen annen frelser finnes det ikke.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 45:21–22
Speak up and present your case— yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is none but Me.
Read in contextHosea 12:9
But I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast.
Read in contextExodus 20:2–3
“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
Read in contextIsaiah 43:10–13
“You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, and after Me none will come.
Read in contextIsaiah 43:3
For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.
Read in contextActs 4:12
Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
Read in contextIsaiah 44:6–8
Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
Read in contextPsalms 81:9–10
There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.
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