“I am Yahweh!
Your God!
I have been
Your God
Ever since the land of Egypt.
You know no God
But me!
Besides me,
There is no savior!
It was I
Who fed you
In the wilderness,
In the land
Of drought.”
Yahweh, via Hosea, was clear. He left no doubt that he was the God of Israel, since he had brought them out of the land of Egypt. They did not know any other God except him, since he alone was their savior. He fed them and brought them out of the drought stricken wilderness.