Neither did they say, ‘Where is the Lord,
Who (A)brought us up out of the land of Egypt,
Who led us through (B)the wilderness,
Through a land of deserts and pits,
Through a land of drought and the shadow of death,
Through a land that no one crossed
And where no one dwelt?’

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They did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord,
    who brought us up out of Egypt(A)
and led us through the barren wilderness,
    through a land of deserts(B) and ravines,(C)
a land of drought and utter darkness,
    a land where no one travels(D) and no one lives?’

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(A)I [a]knew you in the wilderness,
(B)In the land of [b]great drought.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:5 Cared for you
  2. Hosea 13:5 Lit. droughts

I cared for you in the wilderness,(A)
    in the land of burning heat.

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