Hosea 13:5

Hosea 13:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
• New International Version (NIV)I cared for you in the wilderness, in the land of burning heat.
• English Standard Version (ESV)It was I who knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought;
• New King James Version (NKJV)I knew you in the wilderness, In the land of great drought.

Context of Hosea 13:5

3So those people will soon disappear! They will quickly disappear like mist or dew in the morning. They will be like chaff that the wind blows away from a threshing floor. They will be like smoke that disappears out of an open window. 4The Lord says, ‘I am the Lord your God. I brought you out from Egypt. You must not serve any other God. No one else can save you except me. I took care of you in the wilderness, where it was very hot and dry. 6I gave food to my people, so that they were not hungry. But when they had enough to eat, they became proud. As a result, they forgot about me. 7So I will attack them like a lion. I will be like a leopard that waits beside the road. It is ready to catch anything that goes that way.

Hosea 13:5 word by word

אֲנִ֥י יְדַעְתִּ֖יךָ בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר בְּאֶ֖רֶץ תַּלְאֻבֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I did knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• thee in the wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
• in the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of great droughtתַּלְאֻבָהtal'ûbâh · droughtH8514

Cross-references for Hosea 13:5

• Exodus 2:25God saw what was happening to the Israelites. He knew that he must help them.
• Psalms 1:6The Lord takes care of people who respect him. But wicked people are living in a way that will take them to a bad end.
• Psalms 31:7I am very happy because of your faithful love. You see when I suffer. You know when I am very upset.
• Psalms 142:3When I do not feel brave, you are still my guide, Lord. In the path where I walk, my enemies have prepared a trap to catch me.
• Nahum 1:7The Lord loves those who believe him. When they are in trouble, they can put their hope in God.
• 1 Corinthians 8:3But if somebody loves God, he is God's friend. God knows that person.
• Galatians 4:9But now you do know God. Or really, I should say that God knows you. So you must not turn back to serve those weak spirits that rule this world. Why do you want to obey their useless rules and become their slaves again?
• Deuteronomy 2:7I, the Lord your God, have blessed you in everything that you have done. I have taken care of you as you travelled through this great desert. I have been with you for 40 years. You have received everything that you needed.” ’
• Deuteronomy 8:15He led you through the large and terrible desert where there were dangerous snakes and scorpions. It was very hot and dry. There was no water there for you to drink. But the Lord made water pour out of a hard rock for you.
• Deuteronomy 32:10The Lord found them in a desert place. It was a place where strong winds blew and nobody lived. He took care of them and he kept them safe. He protected them, like someone protects their own eyes.
• Jeremiah 2:2He said, ‘Go and tell this to the people in Jerusalem: “This is what the Lord says: I remember how you used to love me when you were young. You loved me as a young wife loves her husband. You followed me through the wilderness, where no crops were growing.
• Psalms 63:1God, you are my God. I want to be near to you. I need you to give me life, like a thirsty person in a dry desert. As a person needs water to live, that is how I need you.

Commentaries on Hosea 13:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5I did know thee - I approved of thee; I loved thee; and by miraculously providing for thee in that land of drought, I demonstrated my love.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5I did know thee in the wilderness - “God so knew them, as to deserve to be known by them. By “knowing” them, He shewed how He ought to be acknowledged by them.” “As we love God, because He first loved us,” so we come to know and own God, having first been owned and known of Him. God showed His knowledge of them, by knowing and providing for their needs; He knew them “in the wilderness, in the land of great drought,” where the land yielded neither food nor…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-5there is no Savior: The Lord proved this to Israel during the exodus and their time in the wilderness.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. I did know thee--did acknowledge thee as Mine, and so took care of thee (Psa 144:3; Am 3:2). As I knew thee as Mine, so thou shouldest know no God but Me (Ho 13:4). in ... land of ... drought--(De 8:15).Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Ransom
• Hosea
• Zechariah, Book of

Commentaries on Hosea 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings