Death and Resurrection

I have been the Lord your God(A)
ever since[a] the land of Egypt;
you know no God but me,(B)
and no Savior exists besides me.(C)
I knew[b] you in the wilderness,(D)
in the land of drought.
When they had pasture,
they became satisfied;(E)
they were satisfied,
and their hearts became proud.(F)
Therefore they forgot me.(G)
So I will be like a lion(H) to them;
I will lurk like a leopard(I) on the path.
I will attack them
like a bear robbed of her cubs
and tear open the rib cage over their hearts.
I will devour them there like a lioness,(J)
like a wild beast that would rip them open.

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Footnotes

  1. 13:4 DSS, LXX read God who brought you out of
  2. 13:5 LXX, Syr read fed

I am Yahweh your God
    since[a] the land of Egypt;
you know no god except me,
    and no one saves besides me.
I fed you[b] in the desert,
    in the land of drought.
When I fed them,[c] they were satisfied;
    they were satisfied and their heart was lifted up;
        therefore they forgot me.
And I will be like a lion to them;
    I lie in wait beside the way, like a leopard.
I will attack them like a bear robbed of her offspring,
    and I will tear open the covering of their heart;
there I will devour them like a lion,
    like an animal of the field would mutilate them.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:4 Or “from”
  2. Hosea 13:5 So LXX; Hebrew “I knew you”
  3. Hosea 13:6 Hebrew “According to their pasture”