Hosea 13:5

God's love God's faithfulness

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.

⁴ 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.

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.

⁷ So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.
KJV: I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
WEB: I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
ASV: I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
DARBY: I knew thee in the wilderness, in the land of drought.
BLB: I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.

ÅB: Det var jeg som sørget for deg i ørkenen, i det brennhete land.
OTB: Jeg tok meg av deg i ørkenen,
I tørkens land.
B1930: Det var jeg som sørget for dig i ørkenen, i det brennhete land.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Deuteronomy 32:10
He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.
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Deuteronomy 8:15
He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.
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Deuteronomy 2:7
Indeed, the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. The LORD your God has been with you these forty years, and you have lacked nothing.
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Galatians 4:9
But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?
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Psalms 142:3
Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.
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Exodus 2:25
God saw the Israelites and took notice.
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Psalms 63:1
O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.
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Nahum 1:7
The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.
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