Hosea 13:5
3 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
4 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.
I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
7 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:
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, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 8:15
Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
Read in contextDeuteronomy 2:7
For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
Read in contextGalatians 4:9
But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
Read in contextPsalms 142:3
When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
Read in contextExodus 2:25
And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.
Read in contextPsalms 63:1
O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
Read in contextNahum 1:7
The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
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