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chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/hosea/13.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />I cared for you in the wilderness, in the land of burning heat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/hosea/13.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />I took care of you in the wilderness, in that dry and thirsty land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/hosea/13.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />It was I who knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/hosea/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/hosea/13.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/hosea/13.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />I knew you in the wilderness, In the land of great drought.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/hosea/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />I cared for you in the wilderness, In the land of drought.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/hosea/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />I cared for you in the wilderness, In the land of drought.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/hosea/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />I cared for you in the wilderness, In the land of drought.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/hosea/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />I Myself knew you in the wilderness, In the land of drought.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/hosea/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />I knew <i>and</i> regarded you <i>and</i> cared for you in the wilderness, In the land of drought.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/hosea/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/hosea/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/hosea/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/hosea/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I took care of you in a thirsty desert. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/hosea/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/hosea/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I took care of you in the desert, in a dry land. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/hosea/13.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I took care of you in a dry, desert land. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/hosea/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I took care of you in the wilderness, in a waterless land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/hosea/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/hosea/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I cared for you in the wilderness, in the dry desert where no water was. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/hosea/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I fed you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/hosea/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/hosea/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/hosea/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />I have known you in a wilderness, "" In a land of droughts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/hosea/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> I -- I have known thee in a wilderness, In a land of droughts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/hosea/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />I knew thee in the desert, in the land of thirst.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/hosea/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />I knew thee in the desert, in the land of the wilderness. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/hosea/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />I knew you in the desert, in the land of solitude.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/hosea/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I fed you in the wilderness, in the parched land. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/hosea/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />It was I who fed you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/hosea/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />It was I who fed you in the wilderness, in a desolate land which is uninhabited.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/hosea/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />I shepherded you in the wilderness in a desolate land without inhabitant<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/hosea/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />I did know thee in the wilderness, In the land of great drought.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/hosea/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />I tended thee as a shepherd in the wilderness, in an uninhabited land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/hosea/13-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xpPG1oLnpGk?start=1990" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/hosea/13.htm">God's Anger</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4</span>Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ă·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: yə·ḏa‘·tî·ḵā (V-Qal-Perf-1cs:: 2ms) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">knew you</a> <a href="/hebrew/4057.htm" title="4057: bam·miḏ·bār (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A pasture, a desert, speech. From dabar in the sense of driving; a pasture; by implication, a desert; also speech.">in the wilderness,</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: bə·’e·reṣ (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">in the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/8514.htm" title="8514: tal·’u·ḇō·wṯ (N-fp) -- Drought. From lahab; desiccation.">of drought.</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/8-15.htm">Deuteronomy 8:15</a></span><br />He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/16-4.htm">Exodus 16:4</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My instructions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/16-32.htm">Exodus 16:32</a></span><br />Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Keep an omer of manna for the generations to come, so that they may see the bread I fed you in the wilderness when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-10.htm">Deuteronomy 32:10</a></span><br />He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/2-6.htm">Jeremiah 2:6</a></span><br />They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-15.htm">Psalm 78:15-16</a></span><br />He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the seas. / He brought streams from the stone and made water flow down like rivers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-52.htm">Psalm 78:52-53</a></span><br />He led out His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness. / He led them safely, so they did not fear, but the sea engulfed their enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-21.htm">Nehemiah 9:21</a></span><br />For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-11.htm">Isaiah 63:11-14</a></span><br />Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His Holy Spirit among them, / who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown, / who led them through the depths like a horse in the wilderness, so that they did not stumble? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/105-40.htm">Psalm 105:40-41</a></span><br />They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. / He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/136-16.htm">Psalm 136:16</a></span><br />He led His people through the wilderness. His loving devotion endures forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-1.htm">1 Corinthians 10:1-4</a></span><br />I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea. / They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. / They all ate the same spiritual food ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-31.htm">John 6:31-33</a></span><br />Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” / Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. / For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-49.htm">John 6:49-51</a></span><br />Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. / This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die. / I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-36.htm">Acts 7:36-38</a></span><br />He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness. / This is the same Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’ / He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">I did know you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.</p><p class="hdg">know.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/2-25.htm">Exodus 2:25</a></b></br> And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto <i>them</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/1-6.htm">Psalm 1:6</a></b></br> For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/31-7.htm">Psalm 31:7</a></b></br> I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;</p><p class="hdg">in the wilderness.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/2-7.htm">Deuteronomy 2:7</a></b></br> For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God <i>hath been</i> with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/8-15.htm">Deuteronomy 8:15</a></b></br> Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, <i>wherein were</i> fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where <i>there was</i> no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-10.htm">Deuteronomy 32:10</a></b></br> He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.</p><p class="hdg">great drought.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/63-1.htm">Psalm 63:1</a></b></br> A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou <i>art</i> my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hosea/11-2.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/hosea/12-13.htm">Cared</a> <a href="/hosea/2-14.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-43.htm">Drought</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-1.htm">Droughts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-38.htm">Drouth</a> <a href="/hosea/12-10.htm">Great</a> <a href="/hosea/11-9.htm">Heat</a> <a href="/hosea/10-8.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/hosea/10-7.htm">Water</a> <a href="/hosea/9-10.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/joel/2-3.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/mark/15-41.htm">Cared</a> <a href="/joel/2-3.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-13.htm">Drought</a> <a href="/psalms/32-4.htm">Droughts</a> <a href="/genesis/31-40.htm">Drouth</a> <a href="/joel/1-4.htm">Great</a> <a href="/jonah/3-9.htm">Heat</a> <a href="/hosea/13-16.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/joel/1-20.htm">Water</a> <a href="/hosea/13-15.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Hosea 13</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/13-1.htm">Ephraim's glory vanishes.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/13-4.htm">God's anger.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/13-9.htm">God's mercy.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/13-15.htm">The judgment of Samaria.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hosea/13.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hosea/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/hosea/13.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>I knew you in the wilderness</b><br>This phrase highlights God's intimate relationship with Israel during their time in the wilderness after the Exodus from Egypt. The wilderness period was a formative time for the Israelites, where they experienced God's provision and guidance despite their frequent disobedience. The term "knew" implies a deep, covenantal relationship, similar to the use in <a href="/genesis/4.htm">Genesis 4:1</a>, where Adam "knew" Eve, indicating intimacy and personal connection. This reflects God's faithfulness and care, even when the Israelites were unfaithful. The wilderness is often symbolic of testing and reliance on God, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/8-2.htm">Deuteronomy 8:2-3</a>, where God led the Israelites to humble and test them.<p><b>in the land of drought</b><br>The "land of drought" refers to the harsh, arid conditions of the Sinai Peninsula, where water and resources were scarce. This environment required the Israelites to depend entirely on God's provision, such as manna from heaven and water from the rock (Exodus 16-17). The drought symbolizes spiritual barrenness and the need for divine intervention. This setting serves as a backdrop for understanding Israel's reliance on God, contrasting with their later prosperity in the Promised Land, which led to spiritual complacency. The imagery of drought is also used in <a href="/jeremiah/17-5.htm">Jeremiah 17:5-8</a> to contrast those who trust in man versus those who trust in the Lord, emphasizing the importance of faith and dependence on God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/h/hosea.htm">Hosea</a></b><br>A prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel, whose ministry was to call Israel back to faithfulness to God amidst their idolatry and moral decline.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The Northern Kingdom, often referred to as Ephraim in Hosea, which had turned away from God to worship idols and engage in sinful practices.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness.htm">The Wilderness</a></b><br>Refers to the period of Israel's history when they wandered in the desert after the Exodus from Egypt, a time of testing and reliance on God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land_of_drought.htm">The Land of Drought</a></b><br>Symbolizes a place of scarcity and need, where Israel had to depend on God's provision and guidance.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_knowledge.htm">God's Knowledge</a></b><br>The intimate and caring relationship God had with Israel, knowing them personally and providing for them during their time of need.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_in_times_of_need.htm">God's Faithfulness in Times of Need</a></b><br>Reflect on how God has been faithful in your own "wilderness" experiences, providing and guiding you through difficult times.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god.htm">Dependence on God</a></b><br>Just as Israel was called to rely on God in the wilderness, we are reminded to trust in His provision and guidance in our lives today.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/remembering_god's_past_mercies.htm">Remembering God's Past Mercies</a></b><br>Regularly recall and give thanks for the ways God has sustained you in the past, using these memories to strengthen your faith in present challenges.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_forgetting_god.htm">The Danger of Forgetting God</a></b><br>Hosea warns against the complacency that comes when we forget God's past mercies. Stay vigilant in your relationship with Him, avoiding the pitfalls of self-reliance and idolatry.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_intimate_knowledge_of_us.htm">God's Intimate Knowledge of Us</a></b><br>Take comfort in the fact that God knows you personally and cares for you deeply, even in the most barren and challenging seasons of life.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hosea_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hosea 13</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/main_themes_of_bible's_books.htm">What are the main themes of the Bible's books?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/are_'boundary_moves'_in_hosea_5_10_recorded.htm">Hosea 5:10 - Do the described 'boundary moves' have any verifiable record in ancient Israel's land division or tribal borders?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_jer_8_13_align_with_god's_promises.htm">How is God's statement in Jeremiah 8:13 that He will take away the harvest reconciled with other passages promising provision and protection for the faithful?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_hosea_2_3_loving_and_merciful.htm">How does Hosea 2:3 align with a loving and merciful God if He threatens to strip Israel bare like a barren land?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hosea/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I did know thee in the wilderness.</span> The pronoun at the beginning of the verse is emphatic: <span class="accented">As for me</span>; or, <span class="accented">I</span> <span class="accented">it was that knew thee</span>. The meaning of the sentiment is: I acknowledged thee with kindness, with paternal care and kind providence watching over thee. "Thou shouldest gratefully acknowledge me," is the comment of Kimchi, "because I knew thee in the wilderness, and cared for thy necessity in the wilderness, in which there were no means of livelihood." <span class="cmt_word">In the land of great drought.</span> The root of the word <span class="hebrew">תַּלְאוּבֹת</span> is <span class="hebrew">לאב</span>, unused in Hebrew, but signifying, in Arabic, "to burn, dry, be dry," akin to <span class="hebrew">לָחַב</span>. Aben Ezra correctly explains it to be "a dry and thirsty laud, and so in the Arabic language; and (that it is so called) on account of all hardships being in it, is the allegorical explanation and not the literal sense." Instead of a lengthened enumeration of all God's loving-kindnesses to Israel at the Exodus and during the desert wanderings, the prophet sums up all in the expressive, "the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt;" and "I it was that did know thee in the wilderness." It is as though he had said, "I pitied thee in the bondage and among the brick-kilns of Egypt; I brought thee forth with a strong hand and outstretched arm; I led thee through the wilderness; I relieved thee in thy straits; I gave thee bread from heaven to satisfy thy hunger, and water from the rock to quench thy thirst; I defended thee from enemies; nor did I relax my care till I gave thee the goodly laud of promise." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/hosea/13-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">I</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲנִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">knew you</span><br /><span class="heb">יְדַעְתִּ֖יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(yə·ḏa‘·tî·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To know</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the wilderness,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר</span> <span class="translit">(bam·miḏ·bār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4057.htm">Strong's 4057: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pasture, a desert, speech</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the land</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּאֶ֖רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·’e·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of drought.</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּלְאֻבֽוֹת׃</span> <span class="translit">(tal·’u·ḇō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8514.htm">Strong's 8514: </a> </span><span class="str2">Desiccation</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hosea/13-5.htm">Hosea 13:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/hosea/13-5.htm">Hosea 13:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/hosea/13-5.htm">Hosea 13:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/hosea/13-5.htm">Hosea 13:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/hosea/13-5.htm">Hosea 13:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/hosea/13-5.htm">Hosea 13:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hosea/13-5.htm">Hosea 13:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/hosea/13-5.htm">Hosea 13:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/hosea/13-5.htm">Hosea 13:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/hosea/13-5.htm">Hosea 13:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/hosea/13-5.htm">OT Prophets: Hosea 13:5 I knew you in the wilderness (Ho Hs Hos.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/hosea/13-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Hosea 13:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Hosea 13:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hosea/13-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Hosea 13:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Hosea 13:6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>