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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.

“So I will be like a lion to them.
    Like a leopard I will stalk them along the road.
I will confront them like a bear deprived of her cubs;[c]
    I will tear open their ribs.
I will devour them like a lion—
    the wild beasts will rip them apart.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:5 So LXX. MT reads I knew
  2. Hosea 13:6 Lit. flourished, they were satiated
  3. Hosea 13:8 The Heb. lacks of her cubs