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”
Hosea 13:4-8
Common English Bible
4 Yet I have been the Lord your God
ever since the land of Egypt;
and you will know no other gods but me;
there is no savior besides me.
5 I knew you in the wilderness,
in the land of no rain.
6 When I fed them, they were satisfied;
and their hearts became proud;
therefore, they forgot me.
Consequences of infidelity
7 So I will become like a lion to them;
like a leopard I will lurk beside the road.
8 I will fall upon them like a bear robbed of her cubs,
and I will tear open the covering of their hearts.
I will devour them like a lion,
as a wild animal would eat them.
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