Hosea 13:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Hosea 13:4

2 Now they sin more and more,
And have made for themselves molded images,
Idols of their silver, according to their skill;
All of it is the work of craftsmen.
They say of them,
“Let¹ the men who sacrifice kiss the calves!”

3 Therefore they shall be like the morning cloud
And like the early dew that passes away,
^aLike chaff blown off from a threshing floor
And like smoke from a chimney.

4 “Yet ^aI am the Lord your God
Ever since the land of Egypt,
And you shall know no God but Me;
For ^bthere is no savior besides Me.

5 ^aI¹ knew you in the wilderness,
^bIn the land of¹ great drought.

6 ^aWhen they had pasture, they were filled;
They were filled and their heart was exalted;
Therefore they forgot Me.

7 “So ^aI will be to them like a lion;
Like ^ba leopard by the road I will lurk;

8 I will meet the¹m ^alike a bear deprived of her cubs;
I will tear open their rib cage,
And there I will devour them like a lion.
The wild beast shall tear them.

9 “O Israel,¹ you are destroyed,
But¹ your help is from Me.

10 ¹I will be your King;
^aWhere is any other,
That he may save you in all your cities?
And your judges to whom ^byou said,
‘Give me a king and princes’?

11 ^aI gave you a king in My anger,
And took him away in My wrath.

12 “The^a iniquity of Ephraim is bound up;
His sin is stored up.

13 ^aThe sorrows of a woman in childbirth shall come upon him.
He is an unwise son,
For he should not stay long where children are born.

14 “I will ransom them from the¹ power of the grave;
I will redeem them from death.
^aO Death,¹ I will be yo¹ur plagues!
O Grave,² I will be your destruction!
^bPity is hidden from My eyes.”

15 Though he is fruitful among his brethren,
^aAn east wind shall come;
The wind of the Lord shall come up from the wilderness.
Then his spring shall become dry,
And his fountain shall be dried up.
He shall plunder the treasury of every desirable prize.

16 Samaria¹ is held guilty,
For she has ^arebelled against her God.
They shall fall by the sword,
Their infants shall be dashed in pieces,
And their women with child ^bripped open.

Verse Comparison: Hosea 13:4

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American Standard Version
Yet I am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt; and thou shalt know no god but me, and besides me there is no saviour.

Amplified® Bible
Yet I am the Lord your God from [the time you became a nation in] the land of Egypt, and you shall know {or} recognize no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.

Contemporary English Version
I, the LORD, have been your God since the time you were in Egypt. I am the only God you know, the only one who can save.

Darby English Version
Yet I [am] Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou hast known no God but me; and there is no saviour besides me.

Good News Bible
The LORD says, "I am the LORD your God, who led you out of Egypt. You have no God but me. I alone am your savior.

King 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.

New American Standard Bible
Yet I {have been} the LORD your God Since the land of Egypt; And you were not to know any god except Me, For there is no savior besides Me.

New International Version
"But I am the LORD your God,
who brought you out of Egypt.
You shall acknowledge no God but me,
no Savior except me.

New King James Version
“ Yet I am the LORD your God
Ever since the land of Egypt,
And you shall know no God but Me;
For there is no savior besides Me.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Yet I have proclaimed myself the LORD your God Since the land of Egypt; And you would not know any god except Me, For no savior exists besides Me.

Revised Standard Version
I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt; you know no God but me, and besides me there is no savior.

Young's Literal Translation
And I `am' Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, And a God besides Me thou dost not know, And a Saviour -- there is none save Me.

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