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Hosea 13:6 KJV
Hosea · chapter 13 · verse 6
According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.Hosea 13:6 · King James Version
Hosea 13:6 in context
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:
8I 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- pasturemirʻîythpasturageH4830 →
- exaltedrûwmto be high actively, to rise or raiseH7311 →
- filledsâbaʻto sateH7646 →
- heartlêbthe heartH3820 →
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We may observe here, 1. The plentiful provision God had made for Israel and the seasonable supplies he had blessed them with (Hos 13:5): "I did know thee in the wilderness, took cognizance of thy case and made provision for thee, even in a land of great drought, when thou wast in extreme distress, and when no relief…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-8