Matthew Poole and continuators on Hosea 13:5

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

Own'd, took care of, guided and supply'd.

O Israel in thy Fathers.

Through which for forty years together thou wast moving, and foundest nothing for thy sustenance but what my miraculous Goodness and Power gave thee, through those many deserts thou never didst want.

In the parched sands where no refreshing showers, no Rivers or Springs of water to suffice so many Cattle and Men, where thou wentest as 'twere through flames and on sands, scorching as Embers of a fire, a place fit for none but fiery Serpents, or Salamanders (if any such.)

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