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Hosea 13:5

New Living Translation

I took care of you in the wilderness, in that dry and thirsty land.

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“I worked for you through the scorching heat of the day and through cold and sleepless nights.

For the Lord watches over the path of the godly, but the path of the wicked leads to destruction.

When I am overwhelmed, you alone know the way I should turn. Wherever I go, my enemies have set traps for me.

I will be glad and rejoice in your unfailing love, for you have seen my troubles, and you care about the anguish of my soul.

O God, you are my God; I earnestly search for you. My soul thirsts for you; my whole body longs for you in this parched and weary land where there is no water.

He looked down on the people of Israel and knew it was time to act.

“Go and shout this message to Jerusalem. This is what the Lord says: “I remember how eager you were to please me as a young bride long ago, how you loved me and followed me even through the barren wilderness.

They did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord who brought us safely out of Egypt and led us through the barren wilderness— a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and death, where no one lives or even travels?’

I know what you are like, O Ephraim. You cannot hide yourself from me, O Israel. You have left me as a prostitute leaves her husband; you are utterly defiled.

The Lord says, “O Israel, when I first found you, it was like finding fresh grapes in the desert. When I saw your ancestors, it was like seeing the first ripe figs of the season. But then they deserted me for Baal-peor, giving themselves to that shameful idol. Soon they became vile, as vile as the god they worshiped.

The Lord is good, a strong refuge when trouble comes. He is close to those who trust in him.

But the person who loves God is the one whom God recognizes.

So now that you know God (or should I say, now that God knows you), why do you want to go back again and become slaves once more to the weak and useless spiritual principles of this world?

For the Lord your God has blessed you in everything you have done. He has watched your every step through this great wilderness. During these forty years, the Lord your God has been with you, and you have lacked nothing.”’

He found them in a desert land, in an empty, howling wasteland. He surrounded them and watched over them; he guarded them as he would guard his own eyes.

Do not forget that he led you through the great and terrifying wilderness with its poisonous snakes and scorpions, where it was so hot and dry. He gave you water from the rock!




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