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Yet I am the Lord your God
    ever since the land of Egypt.
You know no God but Me,
    and there is no savior besides Me.
I knew[a] you in the wilderness,
    in the land of great drought.
When they had pasture, they were satisfied.
    They were satisfied, and their heart was exalted;
    therefore they forgot Me.
So I will be like a lion to them,
    like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
I will attack them like a bear bereaved of her cubs,
    and will tear open their rib cage.
There I will devour them like a lion,
    as the wild beast would tear them to pieces.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:5 Or fed.

“Yet I am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but Me; for there is no savior besides Me.

“I knew thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten Me.

Therefore I will be unto them as a lion; as a leopard by the way will I observe them.

I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion; the beast of the field shall tear them.

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