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Hosea 13:6
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.
Hosea 13:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
- New International Version (NIV)When I fed them, they were satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud; then they forgot me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)but when they had grazed, they became full, they were filled, and their heart was lifted up; therefore they forgot me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When they had pasture, they were filled; They were filled and their heart was exalted; Therefore they forgot Me.
Context of Hosea 13:6
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. 5I took care of you in the wilderness, where it was very hot and dry. I 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. 8I will attack them like an angry bear that has lost her children. I will tear them into pieces. I will eat them like a hungry lion. I will attack them and kill them, like a wild animal.
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כְּמַרְעִיתָם֙ וַיִּשְׂבָּ֔עוּ שָׂבְע֖וּ וַיָּ֣רָם לִבָּ֑ם עַל־כֵּ֖ן שְׁכֵחֽוּנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Hosea 13:6
- Hosea 10:1Israel was like a healthy vine that had lots of grapes. But as the Israelites became more and more rich, they built more and more altars. As their land gave more crops, they made the pillars that they worshipped more beautiful.
- Deuteronomy 8:12When you are living in the land, you will have plenty of food to eat. You will build beautiful houses to live in.
- Deuteronomy 32:13The Lord helped them to travel over the high places in the land. He fed them with food from the fields. He made them strong with honey from the rocks. He gave them olive oil from trees in ground with many stones.
- Nehemiah 9:25They took their strong cities and their good land for themselves. The houses of those people were full of many good things. Your people could use the things that were already there. They had their wells, their vineyards, their olive trees and other fruit trees. They had as much food as they could eat, so they became fat. The many good things that you gave them made them very happy.
- Jeremiah 2:31Listen to the Lord's message, you people who are alive today: ‘People of Israel, why do you not trust me? Have I become like a desert for you? Have I become a dark and dangerous land for you to live in? No! But you say, “We are free to go where we like. We do not need to serve you any more.”
- Hosea 8:4My people chose kings to rule them, but they did not ask me about it. They chose people to lead them, but I did not agree. They used their silver and their gold to make idols for themselves. But that will destroy them in the end.
- Deuteronomy 6:10The Lord your God will soon bring you into a land that has large, beautiful cities that you did not build. That is the land that he promised to give to your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
- Deuteronomy 32:18You forgot about your strong Rock, the God who gave you life.
- Psalms 10:4Wicked people are too proud to worry about God. They think, ‘God will not give me any trouble.’
- Isaiah 17:10That will happen because you have forgotten the God who rescues you. He is the Rock where you can safely hide, but you have turned away from him. Instead, you plant the best plants and vines in your gardens. You buy them from foreign countries for a lot of money.
- Jeremiah 2:32A young woman does not forget to wear her jewels. When a woman marries, she does not forget to wear her special dress. But for many years, my people have forgotten me.
Commentaries on Hosea 13:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6According to their pasture - They had a rich pasture, and were amply supplied with every good. They became exalted in their heart, forgat their God, and became a prey to their enemies. "He that exalteth himself shall be abased."Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6According to their pasture, so were they filled - o“He implies that their way of being filled‘ was neither good nor praiseworthy, in that he says, they were filled according to their pastures.‘ What or of what kind were these “their pastures?” What they longed for, what they murmured for, and spoke evil of God. For instance, when they said, who wil give us flesh to eat? We remember the flesh which we did eat in Egypt freely. Our soul is dried up, because…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6their hearts became proud, and. … forgot Me: They did not rely on the Lord for safety. Instead, they trusted their kings, armies, and wealth (see Hosea 2:13).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Image from cattle, waxing wanton in abundant pasture (compare Ho 2:5, 8; De 32:13-15). In proportion as I fed them to the full, they were so satiated that "their heart was exalted"; a sad contrast to the time when, by God's blessing, Ephraim truly "exalted himself in Israel" (Ho 13:1). therefore have they forgotten me--the very reason why men should remember God (namely, prosperity, which comes from Him) is the cause often of their forgetting Him. God…Read the comment
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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
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