King James Version (KJV)
Hosea 13:5
“I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.”
Verse in context — Hosea 13
3
Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff [that] is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
4
Yet I [am] the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for [there is] no saviour beside me.
5
I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
6
According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
7
Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe [them]:
About Hosea
God’s steadfast love for His unfaithful people, symbolized through Hosea’s marriage.
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