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The Lord is Israel’s God

“I am the Lord your God
    from the land of Egypt,
and you have known no god except for me,
    because except for me there is no savior.
I took care of[a] you in the wilderness,
    in a waterless land.
As their pastures flourished,
    all their desires were met.[b]
As they were satiated,
    they became arrogant
        and therefore ignored me.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:5 So LXX. MT reads I knew
  2. Hosea 13:6 Lit. flourished, they were satiated

“But I have been the Lord your God
    ever since you came out of Egypt.(A)
You shall acknowledge(B) no God but me,(C)
    no Savior(D) except me.
I cared for you in the wilderness,(E)
    in the land of burning heat.
When I fed them, they were satisfied;
    when they were satisfied, they became proud;(F)
    then they forgot(G) me.(H)

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