6. Image from cattle, waxing wanton in abundant pasture (compare Hosea 2:5 ; Hosea 2:8 ; Deuteronomy 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" ( Hosea 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 ( Deuteronomy 6:11 ; Deuteronomy 6:12 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-7" class="com-number"
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