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Hosea 13:4–8

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Well-Fed Israel Will Be Fed to Wild Animals

13:4But I am the Lord your God,

who brought you out of Egypt.

Therefore, you must not acknowledge any God but me;

except me there is no Savior.

13:5I cared14 for you in the wilderness,

in the dry desert where no water was.15

13:6When they were fed,16 they became satisfied;

when they were satisfied, they became proud;17

as a result, they forgot me!

13:7So18 I will pounce on them like a lion;19

like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

13:8I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs—

I will rip open their chests.

I will devour them there like a lion—

like a wild animal would tear them apart.

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Footnotes

  1. 14 The reads יְדַעְתִּיךָ (yéda’tikha, Qal perfect 1st person common singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix from יָדַע, yada’, “to know”), followed by , (“I did know thee”). The and reflect an alternate textual tradition of רְעִיתִיךָ (ré’it’kha, Qal perfect 1st person common singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix from רָעָה, ra’ah, “to feed”), which is followed by most recent English versions (e.g., , , , , , , ).
  2. 15 Heb “land of intense drought” or “intensely thirsty land.” The noun תַּלְאֻבוֹת (tal’uvot) occurs in the OT only here. It probably means “drought” ( 520 תַּלְאֻבָה). The related Arabic verb means “to be thirsty” and the related Arabic noun means “a stony tract of land.” The plural form (singular = תַּלְאֻבָה, tal’uvah) is a plural of intensity: “a [land] of intense drought.” The term functions as an attributive genitive, modifying the construct אֶרֶץ (’erets, “land”). The phrase is variously rendered: “land of (+ great ) drought” (, ), “thirsty land” (), “thirsty desert” (), “dry, desert land” (), and the metonymical (effect for cause) “land of burning heat” ().
  3. 16 The reads כְּמַרְעִיתָם (kémar’itam, “according to their pasturage”; preposition ךְּ (kaf) + noun מַרְעִית, mar’it, “pasture” + 3rd person masculine plural suffix). Text-critics propose: (1) כְּמוֹ רְעִיתִים (kémo ré’itim, “as I pastured them”; preposition כְּמוֹ (kémo) + Qal perfect 1st person common singular from רָעַה, ra’ah, “to pasture, feed” + 3rd person masculine plural suffix) and (2) כִּרְעוֹתָם (“when they had pastured”; preposition ךְּ + Qal perfect 3rd person masculine plural from רָעַה). Some English versions follow the : “according to their pasture” (), “as they had their pasture” (), “when you entered the good land” (). Others adopt the first emendation: “when I fed them” (, ), “I fed you [sic = them]” (). Still others follow the second emendation: “but when they had fed to the full” (), “when they grazed” ().
  4. 17 Heb “their heart became exalted”; , “was exalted.”
  5. 18 The vav consecutive + preterite form וָאֱהִי (va’ehi) introduces a consequential or result clause; cf. “Therefore”; “That is why.”
  6. 19 Heb “So I will be like a lion to them” (so ); “I will come upon them like a lion.”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

But I am the Lord your God

from the land of Egypt;

you know no God but me,

and besides me there is no savior.

It was I who knew you in the wilderness,

in the land of drought;

but when they had grazed, they became full,

they were filled, and their heart was lifted up;

therefore they forgot me.

So I am to them like a lion;

like a leopard I will lurk beside the way.

I will fall upon them like a bear robbed of her cubs;

I will tear open their breast,

and there I will devour them like a lion,

as a wild beast would rip them open.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“But I have been the Lord your God

ever since you came out of Egypt.

You shall acknowledge no God but me,

no Savior except me.

I cared for you in the wilderness,

in the land of burning heat.

When I fed them, they were satisfied;

when they were satisfied, they became proud;

then they forgot me.

So I will be like a lion to them,

like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

Like a bear robbed of her cubs,

I will attack them and rip them open;

like a lion I will devour them—

a wild animal will tear them apart.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I have been the Lord your God

ever since the land of Egypt;

you know no God but me,

and no Savior exists besides me.

I knew you in the wilderness,

in the land of drought.

When they had pasture,

they became satisfied;

they were satisfied,

and their hearts became proud.

Therefore they forgot me.

So I will be like a lion to them;

I will lurk like a leopard on the path.

I will attack them

like a bear robbed of her cubs

and tear open the rib cage over their hearts.

I will devour them there like a lioness,

like a wild beast that would rip them open.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

“I have been the Lord your God

ever since I brought you out of Egypt.

You must acknowledge no God but me,

for there is no other savior.

I took care of you in the wilderness,

in that dry and thirsty land.

But when you had eaten and were satisfied,

you became proud and forgot me.

So now I will attack you like a lion,

like a leopard that lurks along the road.

Like a bear whose cubs have been taken away,

I will tear out your heart.

I will devour you like a hungry lioness

and mangle you like a wild animal.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I am Yahweh your God

since the land of Egypt;

you know no god except me,

and no one saves besides me.

I fed you in the desert,

in the land of drought.

When I fed them, they were satisfied;

they were satisfied and their heart was lifted up;

therefore they forgot me.

And I will be like a lion to them;

I lie in wait beside the way, like a leopard.

I will attack them like a bear robbed of her offspring,

and I will tear open the covering of their heart;

there I will devour them like a lion,

like an animal of the field would mutilate them.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

I did know thee in the wilderness,

In the land of great drought.

According to their pasture, so were they filled;

They were filled, and their heart was exalted;

Therefore have they forgotten me.

Therefore I will be unto them as a lion:

As a leopard by the way will I observe them:

I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps,

And will rend the caul of their heart,

And there will I devour them like a lion:

The wild beast shall tear them.

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