Hosea 11:7-12
English Standard Version
7 My people are bent (A)on turning away from me,
and though (B)they call out to the Most High,
he shall not raise them up at all.
8 How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, O Israel?
(C)How can I make you (D)like Admah?
How can I treat you (E)like Zeboiim?
(F)My heart recoils within me;
my compassion grows warm and tender.
9 I will not execute my burning anger;
I will not again destroy Ephraim;
(G)for I am God and not a man,
(H)the Holy One in your midst,
and I will not come in wrath.[a]
10 (I)They shall go after the Lord;
(J)he will roar like a lion;
when he roars,
his children shall come trembling (K)from the west;
11 they shall come trembling like birds (L)from Egypt,
and (M)like doves (N)from the land of Assyria,
and I will return them to their homes, declares the Lord.
12 [b] Ephraim (O)has surrounded me with lies,
and the house of Israel with deceit,
but Judah still walks with God
and is faithful to the Holy One.
Footnotes
- Hosea 11:9 Or into the city
- Hosea 11:12 Ch 12:1 in Hebrew
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