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Hosea 13:5

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial

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KJV ORIGINAL

I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

Close to the original. Clear modern English.

✦ MADE SIMPLE

I knew you in the wilderness, when you were going through that dry, barren season where nothing was growing.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

God sees you even in your driest seasons.

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His disciples were like, 'How are we supposed to feed all these people out here in the middle of nowhere? There's literally nothing around.'

Otherwise I'll leave her with absolutely nothing — completely exposed and vulnerable like the day she came into this world. I'll turn her life into a wasteland, make everything around her dry and empty, and let her die from wanting what she can't have.

And now she's been transplanted to the wilderness — stuck in dry, parched ground where nothing grows.

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