Hosea 13:5
King James Version
I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
Hosea 13:5 in context
Hosea 13:3
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.
Hosea 13:4
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.
Hosea 13:6
According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
Hosea 13:7
Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them: