5 I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
5 I did know H3045 thee in the wilderness, H4057 in the land H776 of great drought. H8514
5 I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
5 I -- I have known thee in a wilderness, In a land of droughts.
5 I knew thee in the wilderness, in the land of drought.
5 I knew you in the wilderness, In the land of great drought.
5 I had knowledge of you in the waste land where no water was.
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Commentary on Hosea 13 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 13
The same strings, though generally unpleasing ones, are harped upon in this chapter that were in those before. People care not to be told either of their sin or of their danger by sin; and yet it is necessary, and for their good, that they should be told of both, nor can they better hear of either than from the word of God and from their faithful ministers, while the sin may be repented of and the danger prevented. Here,
Hsa 13:1-4
Idolatry was the sin that did most easily beset the Jewish nation till after the captivity; the ten tribes from the first were guilty of it, but especially after the days of Ahab; and this is the sin which, in these verses, they are charged with. Observe,
Hsa 13:5-8
We may observe here,
Now all this teaches us,
Hsa 13:9-16
The first of these verses is the summary, or contents, of all the rest (v. 9), where we have,
Now, in the rest of these verses, we may see,