Hosea 13:5

I took care of your ancestors when they were in the desert, where it was extremely hot and dry.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4But Yahweh says to his people, “I am Yahweh, your God, the one who brought your ancestors out of Egypt. You must believe that only I am God and that there is no other God, and that there is no one else who can save you!

6When I provided food for them, their stomachs were full, and they were satisfied. But then they became proud and they forgot about me, and you are like your ancestors!

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 2:7Do not forget that Yahweh our God has blessed you in everything that you [SYN] have done. He knows what has happened to you while you have wandered in this huge desert. But he has been with you during those 40 years, and as a result you have had everything that you needed [LIT].

Deuteronomy 32:10“He saw our ancestors when they were in a desert, wandering in a land ◄that was desolate/where no people lived►. He protected them and took care of them, as every person takes good care of his own eyes. [SIM, IDM]

Psalms 31:7I will be very glad [DOU] because you faithfully love me. You see me when I have been afflicted, and you have known when I have had troubles.

Psalms 142:3When I am very discouraged, you know what I should do. Wherever I walk, it is as though my enemies have hidden traps for me to fall into.

Jeremiah 2:6They did not say, ‘Yahweh brought us safely out of Egypt, and he led us through a desert where there were a lot of pits; he led us where there was no water and where it was very dangerous, through a land where no one lives, and no one even travels. ◄So where is Yahweh now?/So he should be helping us now!► [RHQ]’

Hosea 9:10Yahweh says, “When I first started to do things to help Israel, it seemed to me as though [SIM] I had found grapes in the desert. Your ancestors were delightful, like [SIM] the first figs that grow on fig trees each year. But when they came to Peor Mountain, they worshiped that disgusting idol Baal, and they became as disgusting as the idol that they loved.

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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