But (A)I am the Lord your God
    from the land of Egypt;
(B)you know no God but me,
    and (C)besides me there is no savior.
(D)It was I who knew you in the wilderness,
    in the land of drought;
(E)but when they had grazed,[a] they became full,
    (F)they were filled, and their heart was lifted up;
    (G)therefore they forgot me.
So (H)I am to them like a lion;
    (I)like a leopard I will lurk beside the way.
I will fall upon them (J)like a bear robbed of her cubs;
    I will tear open their breast,
and there I will devour them like a lion,
    (K)as a wild beast would rip them open.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:6 Hebrew according to their pasture

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