Hosea 13:5 “I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.”

Hosea 13:5

I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

World English Bible

I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

American Standard Version

I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

Geneva Bible 1599

I did knowe thee in the wildernesse, in the land of drought.

Darby Translation

I knew thee in the wilderness, in the land of drought.

Young's Literal Translation

I — I have known thee in a wilderness, In a land of droughts.

Bible in Basic English

I had knowledge of you in the waste land where no water was.

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Cross references

“know”

Psalm 142:3 Galatians 4:9 Exodus 2:25 Nahum 1:7 Psalm 1:6 Psalm 31:7

Psalm 142:3 · BSB

Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.

Galatians 4:9 · BSB

But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?

Exodus 2:25 · BSB

God saw the Israelites and took notice.

Nahum 1:7 · BSB

The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.

Psalm 1:6 · BSB

For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

Psalm 31:7 · BSB

I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the anguish of my soul.

“in the wilderness”

Deuteronomy 32:10 Deuteronomy 2:7 Deuteronomy 8:15 Jeremiah 2:2 Jeremiah 2:6

Deuteronomy 32:10 · BSB

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.

Deuteronomy 2:7 · BSB

Indeed, the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. The LORD your God has been with you these forty years, and you have lacked nothing.

Deuteronomy 8:15 · BSB

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.

Jeremiah 2:2 · BSB

“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.

Jeremiah 2:6 · BSB

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…

“great drought”

Psalm 63:1

Psalm 63:1 · BSB

O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4Yet 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.

6When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.

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