Hosea 13:5
King James Version
I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
Hosea 13:5 in context
3Therefore 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.
4Yet 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.
5I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
6According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
7Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:
About this book
The Book of Hosea — summary, themes & key verses
Relentless love — a prophet's marriage as a living picture of God's faithful heart.
