know: Exodus 2:25; Psalms 1:6, Psalms 31:7, Psalms 142:3; Nahum 1:7; 1 Corinthians 8:3; Galatians 4:9
in the wilderness: Deuteronomy 2:7, Deuteronomy 8:15, Deuteronomy 32:10; Jeremiah 2:2, Jeremiah 2:6
great drought: Heb. droughts, Psalms 63:1
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Hosea 13:5
Hosea 13:5
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