Hosea 13:4-8

New International Version

⁴“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.
⁵I cared for you in the wilderness,^(E)
    in the land of burning heat.
⁶When I fed them, they were satisfied;
    when they were satisfied, they became proud;^(F)
    then they forgot^(G) me.^(H)
⁷So I will be like a lion^(I) to them,
    like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
⁸Like 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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Hosea 13:4-8

New King James Version

⁴“Yet ^(A)I am the Lord your God
Ever since the land of Egypt,
And you shall know no God but Me;
For ^(B)there is no savior besides Me.
⁵^(C)I ^[a]knew you in the wilderness,
^(D)In the land of ^[b]great drought.
⁶^(E)When they had pasture, they were filled;
They were filled and their heart was exalted;
Therefore they forgot Me.

⁷“So ^(F)I will be to them like a lion;
Like ^(G)a leopard by the road I will lurk;
⁸I will meet them ^(H)like a bear deprived of her cubs;
I will tear open their rib cage,
And there I will devour them like a lion.
The ^[c]wild beast shall tear them.