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

“But I have been the Lord your God
    ever since you came out of Egypt.(A)
You shall acknowledge(B) no God but me,(C)
    no Savior(D) except me.
I cared for you in the wilderness,(E)
    in the land of burning heat.
When I fed them, they were satisfied;
    when they were satisfied, they became proud;(F)
    then they forgot(G) me.(H)
So I will be like a lion(I) to them,
    like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
Like a bear robbed of her cubs,(J)
    I will attack them and rip them open;
like a lion(K) I will devour them—
    a wild animal will tear them apart.(L)

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