Hosea 13:5

I cared for thee in the desert, In the land of great drought.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

In Context

4Yet I, Jehovah, have been thy God from the land of Egypt, And thou hast known no God but me; Yea, there was no saviour besides me.

6As they were fed, so they were filled; They were filled, and their heart was lifted up; Therefore they forgot me.

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Cross References

Psalms 31:7I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy, That thou hast looked upon my trouble, And hast had regard to my distress;

Psalms 142:3When my spirit is overwhelmed within me, Thou knowest my path! In the way which I walk, they have hid a snare for me.

Jeremiah 2:6They said not, Where is Jehovah, Who brought us up from the land of Egypt, Who led us through the wilderness, Through a land of deserts and pits, Through a land of drought and deathlike gloom, Through a land which no man passed through, And where no man dwelt?

Hosea 9:10I found Israel as grapes in the wilderness; As the early fruit on the fig-tree, at its first time of bearing, I saw your fathers. But they went to Baal Peor, And separated themselves to shame, And had abominable idols according to their love.

Matthew Henry on Hosea 13:2-5

Reproofs and Threatenings. ( b. c. 722.) 1 When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died. 2 And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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