Holy Scripture

Hosea 13:4

A church father on this verse
“For through the Lord Christ all things were created; and therefore it is His proper name that He should be the Creator. Does not both the reality and the title of His creative power belong to Him? Melchisedec is our witness, thus declaring God to be Creator of heaven and earth: "Blessed be Abraham of God most high, Wh…”
Hilary of Poitiers, 4th c. — ON THE TRINITY 12:4

Source: Septuagint

Original

4But I am the Lord thy God that establishes the heaven, and creates the earth, whose hands have framed the whole host of heaven: but I showed them not to thee that thou shouldest go after them: and I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no God but me; and there is no Savior beside me.

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2And now they have sinned increasingly, and have made for themselves a molten image of their silver, according to the fashion of idols, the work of artificers accomplished for them: they say, Sacrifice men, for the calves have come to an end.

3Therefore shall they be as a morning cloud, and as the early dew that passes away, as chaff blown away from the threshing floor, and as a vapor from tears.

— Hosea 13:4 —

5I tended thee as a shepherd in the wilderness, in an uninhabited land.

6According to their pastures, so they were completely filled; and their hearts were exalted; therefore they forgot me.

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