Hosea 13:4

“Yet I [am] the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt, etc.] Which brought thee out from thence, as the Targum; and ever since, from that time to this, had shown a regard unto them, as the Lord their God, both in the wilderness, as later mentioned, and in the land of Canaan, where they had been continued, and followed with instances of goodness to that day, and yet find sinned in so gross a manner; which argued great ingratitude in them, and forgetfulness of the Lord, and his mercies: and thou shalt know no God but me; they ought to have known, acknowledged, and worshipped no other god, as was enjoined them in the law: or, “thou knowest not”f269; they did not know any other, which they in their…”

“(Hos 12:9; Isa 43:11). no saviour--temporal as well as spiritual. besides me-- (Isa 45:21).”

“Yet - , (literally, and) I am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt God was still the same God who had sheltered them with His providence, ever since He had delivered them from Egypt. He had the same power and will to help them. Therefore their duty was the same, and their destruction arose, not from any change in Him, but from themselves. “God is the God of the ungodly, by creation and general providence.” And thou shalt - (i. e., oughtest to) know no God but Me, for (literally, and) there is not a Saviour but me “To be God and Lord and Saviour are incommunicable properties of God. Wherefore God often claimed these titles to Himself, from the time He revealed Himself to Israel. In the…”

“Thou shalt know - I forbad thee to know any other God but me, in gratitude thou shouldest know no other. Hosea 13:5”

“13:4-5 there is no other savior: The Lord had proved this to Israel during the Exodus and the wilderness wandering.”

“I am: Hos 12:9; Exo 20:2; Psa 81:9, Psa 81:10; Isa 43:3, Isa 43:10, Isa 44:6-8 for: Isa 43:11-13, Isa 45:21, Isa 45:22; Act 4:12 Hosea 13:5”

“"And yet I am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt hither; and thou knowest no God beside me, and there is no helper beside me. Hos 13:5. I knew thee in the desert, in the land of burning heats." As in Hos 12:10, a contrast is drawn here again between the idolatry of the people and the uninterrupted self-attestation of Jehovah to the faithless nation. From Egypt hither Israel has known no other God than Jehovah, i.e., has found no other God to be a helper and Saviour. Even in the desert He knew Israel, i.e., adopted it in love. ידע, to know, when applied to God, is an attestation of His love and care (compare Amo 3:2; Isa 58:3, etc.). The ἁπ. λεγ. תּלאוּבת, from לאב, Arab. lâb, med. Vav,…”