King James Version
Hosea 13:5 in the King James Version says “I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought. great: Heb. droughts” — study this verse from Hosea chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought. great: Heb. droughts”
Hosea 13:5 · KJV
Therefore 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.
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. great: Heb. droughts
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:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“I did know”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
“thee in the wilderness”
H4057a pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert
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