Intertextuality Pair

Hosea 13:6 → Deuteronomy 8:12

Allusion

Later text

Hosea 13:6BSB

When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.

Earlier text

Deuteronomy 8:12BSB

Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell,

Significance

Hosea 13:6 echoes Deuteronomy 8:12's specific warning against becoming "satisfied" (שָׂבַע, sava') after eating, which leads to forgetting God. Deuteronomy 8:12 warns, "When you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses..." — material fullness as the precursor to spiritual amnesia. Hosea's formulation compresses this: "when they had pasture, they became satisfied... they forgot Me," confirming that Moses' centuries-old warning proved prophetically accurate. The verbal echo demonstrates Hosea's deliberate appeal to Deuteronomic covenant theology: Israel's judgment is not arbitrary but is the working out of blessings and curses explicitly articulated before they entered the land.

Found via
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type
Allusion
Connection Method(s)
Analogy

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