Hosea 13:4-8
International Standard Version
The Lord is Israel’s God
4 “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.
5 I took care of[a] you in the wilderness,
in a waterless land.
6 As their pastures flourished,
all their desires were met.[b]
As they were satiated,
they became arrogant
and therefore ignored me.
7 “So I will be like a lion to them.
Like a leopard I will stalk them along the road.
8 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.
Footnotes
- Hosea 13:5 So LXX. MT reads I knew
- Hosea 13:6 Lit. flourished, they were satiated
- Hosea 13:8 The Heb. lacks of her cubs
Hosea 13:4-8
Lexham English Bible
4 I am Yahweh your God
since[a] the land of Egypt;
you know no god except me,
and no one saves besides me.
5 I fed you[b] in the desert,
in the land of drought.
6 When I fed them,[c] they were satisfied;
they were satisfied and their heart was lifted up;
therefore they forgot me.
7 And I will be like a lion to them;
I lie in wait beside the way, like a leopard.
8 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.
Footnotes
- Hosea 13:4 Or “from”
- Hosea 13:5 So LXX; Hebrew “I knew you”
- Hosea 13:6 Hebrew “According to their pasture”
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