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Hosea 11:8
Good News Translation
Hosea 11:8
Good News Translation
8 (A)“How can I give you up, Israel?
How can I abandon you?
Could I ever destroy you as I did Admah,
or treat you as I did Zeboiim?
My heart will not let me do it!
My love for you is too strong.
Hosea 11:8
Contemporary English Version
Hosea 11:8
Contemporary English Version
8 (A) Israel, I can't let you go.
I can't give you up.
How could I possibly destroy you
as I did the towns of Admah
and Zeboiim?[a]
I just can't do it.
My feelings for you
are much too strong.
Footnotes
- 11.8 Admah and Zeboiim: When the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, he also destroyed these two towns (see Deuteronomy 29.23).
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