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Texts -- Hosea 13:4 (NET)

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Well-Fed Israel Will Be Fed to Wild Animals
13:4 But I am the Lord your God , who brought you out of Egypt . Therefore, you must not acknowledge any God but me; except me there is no Savior .

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  • Hos 13:4-8 -- Well-Fed Israel Will Be Fed to Wild Animals

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