How can I give you up, Ephraim?(A)
How can I surrender you, Israel?
How can I make you like Admah?(B)
How can I treat you like Zeboiim?(C)
I have had a change of heart;
my compassion is stirred!
I will not vent the full fury of my anger;(D)
I will not turn back to destroy Ephraim.(E)
For I am God and not man,
the Holy One among you;(F)
I will not come in rage.[a]

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  1. 11:9 Or come into any city; Hb obscure

(A)How can I give you up, Ephraim?
How can I surrender you, Israel?
How can I [a]make you like (B)Admah?
How can I treat you like (C)Zeboiim?
My heart is turned over within Me,
[b]All My compassions are kindled.
I will (D)not carry out My fierce anger;
I will not destroy Ephraim (E)again.
For (F)I am God and not a man, the (G)Holy One in your midst,
And I will not come in [c]wrath.

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  1. Hosea 11:8 Lit give
  2. Hosea 11:8 Lit Together
  3. Hosea 11:9 Lit agitation