God’s Word Translation
Hosea 13:5
5I took care of you in the desert, in a dry land.
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
3That is why they will be like fog in the morning and like morning dew that disappears quickly. They will be like straw blown away from threshing floors. They will be like smoke rising from chimneys. 4“I am the Lord your God. I brought you out of Egypt. You have known no god besides me. There is no savior except me. I took care of you in the desert, in a dry land. 6When I fed you, you were full. When you were full, you became arrogant. That is why you forgot me. 7So I will be like a lion. Like a leopard I will wait by the road to ambush you.
Read all of Hosea 13Hosea 13:5 word by word
אֲנִ֥י יְדַעְתִּ֖יךָ בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר בְּאֶ֖רֶץ תַּלְאֻבֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Hosea 13:5
- Exodus 2:25God saw the Israelites ⌞being oppressed⌟ and was concerned about them.
- Psalms 1:6The Lord knows the way of righteous people, but the way of wicked people will end.
- Psalms 31:7I will rejoice and be glad because of your mercy. You have seen my misery. You have known the troubles in my soul.
- Psalms 142:3When I begin to lose hope, you ⌞already⌟ know what I am experiencing. ⌞My enemies⌟ have hidden a trap for me on the path where I walk.
- Nahum 1:7The Lord is good. ⌞He is⌟ a fortress in the day of trouble. He knows those who seek shelter in him.
- 1 Corinthians 8:3But if they love God, they are known by God.
- Galatians 4:9But now you know God, or rather, God knows you. So how can you turn back again to the powerless and bankrupt principles of this world? Why do you want to become their slaves all over again?
- Deuteronomy 2:7The Lord your God has blessed you in everything you have done. He has watched over you as you traveled through this vast desert. For 40 years now the Lord your God has been with you, and you haven’t needed a thing.
- Deuteronomy 8:15He was the one who led you through that vast and dangerous desert—a thirsty and arid land, with poisonous snakes and scorpions. He was the one who made water come out of solid rock for you.
- Deuteronomy 32:10He found his people in a desert land, in a barren place where animals howl. He guarded them, took care of them, and protected them because they were helpless.
- Jeremiah 2:2“Go and announce to Jerusalem, ‘This is what the Lord says: I remember the unfailing loyalty of your youth, the love you had for me as a bride. I remember how you followed me into the desert, into a land that couldn’t be farmed.
- Psalms 63:1O God, you are my God. At dawn I search for you. My soul thirsts for you. My body longs for you in a dry, parched land where there is no water.
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
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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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