Hosea 13:5

It was I who shepherded you in the wilderness, in the land of burning heat.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

4Yet it was I, the Lord your God, ever since the land of Egypt, you know no other god but me, nor has there been any savior except me.

6When they were pastured they became full, when they were full their hearts became proud. Therefore they forgot me!

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Cross References

Psalms 31:7I will rejoice and be glad in your love, because you have looked on my misery, and cared for me in my distress.

Psalms 142:3When my spirit is faint within me, my path is known to you. In the way I am wont to walk in, they have hidden a trap for me.

Hosea 9:10I found Israel like finding grapes in the wilderness. I saw your ancestors like they were the first fruit on a fig tree, but as soon as they came to Baal-peor, they consecrated themselves to shamefulness, and became as abominable as the object of 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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