Hosea 13 · Verse 6

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 13:6, King James Version

Hosea 13:6 in other translations

BSBWhen they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.
WEBAccording to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted. Therefore they have forgotten me.
ASVAccording to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted: therefore have they forgotten me.
YLTAccording to their feedings they are satiated, They have been satiated, And their heart is lifted up, Therefore they have forgotten Me,
DARBYAccording to their pasture, they became full; they became full, and their heart was exalted: therefore have they forgotten me.
BBEWhen I gave them food they were full, and their hearts were full of pride, and they did not keep me in mind.
WebsterAccording to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.

What does Hosea 13:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. Image from cattle, waxing wanton in abundant pasture (compare Ho 2:5, 8; De 32:13-15). In proportion as I fed them to the full, they were so satiated that "their heart was exalted"; a sad contrast to the time when, by God's blessing, Ephraim truly "exalted himself in Israel" (Ho 13:1). therefore have they forgotten me--the very reason why men should remember God (namely, prosperity, which comes from Him) is the cause often of their forgetting Him. God had warned them of this danger (De 6:11, 12).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 According to their pasture - They had a rich pasture, and were amply supplied with every good. They became exalted in their heart, forgat their God, and became a prey to their enemies. "He that exalteth himself shall be abased."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Hosea 13:1-8

The abuse of God's favour leads to punishment. (Hos. 13:1-8) A promise of God's mercy. (Hos. 13:9-16) Verses 1-8 While Ephraim kept up a holy fear of God, and worshipped Him in that fear, so long he was very considerable. When Ephraim forsook God, and followed idolatry, he sunk. Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves, in token of their adoration of them, affection for them, and obedience to them; but the Lord…

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Hosea 13:6 in the original Hebrew

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כְּמַרְעִיתָם֙ke.mar.'i.Tamaccording to pasture theirH4830
וַיִּשְׂבָּ֔עוּvai.yis.Ba.'uand they were satisfiedH7646
שָׂבְע֖וּsa.ve.'Uthey were satisfiedH7646
וַיָּ֣רָםvai.Ya.romand it was exaltedH7311
לִבָּ֑םli.Bamheart theirH3820
עַל\־'al-there-H5921
כֵּ֖ןken-foreH3651
שְׁכֵחֽוּנִי\׃she.khe.Chu.nithey forgot meH7911

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Cross references for Hosea 13:6

  • Deuteronomy 32:13-15

    He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock; Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape. But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

  • Deuteronomy 8:12-14

    Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied; Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the Lord thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

  • Deuteronomy 6:10-12

    And it shall be, when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full; Then beware lest thou forget the Lord, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

  • Nehemiah 9:35

    For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.

  • Deuteronomy 32:18

    Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.

  • Psalms 10:4

    The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

  • Jeremiah 2:31-32

    O generation, see ye the word of the Lord. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee? Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

  • Hosea 8:4

    They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.

  • Hosea 10:1

    Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.

  • Nehemiah 9:25-26

    And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness. Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

  • Hosea 2:13

    And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the Lord.

  • Isaiah 17:10

    Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:

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to.
10:1; De 8:12-14; 32:13-15; Ne 9:25,26,35; Jer 2:31
therefore.
8:4; De 6:10-12; 32:18; Ps 10:4; Isa 17:10; Jer 2:32

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Context

  • Hosea 13:5

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

  • 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:

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Hosea 13:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
En sus pastos se hartaron, hartáronse, y ensoberbecióse su corazón: por esta causa se olvidaron de mí.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Selon qu’étaient leurs pâturages, ils furent rassasiés; ils furent rassasiés, et leur cœur s’éleva; c’est pourquoi ils m’ont oublié.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Ihrer Weide gemäß wurden sie satt, sie wurden satt, und ihr Herz erhob sich; darum haben sie mich vergessen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Juxta pascua sua adimpleti sunt et saturati sunt; et levaverunt cor suum, et obliti sunt mei.