Hosea 11:8-9
Holman Christian Standard Bible
8 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!
9 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]
Footnotes
- Hosea 11:9 Or come into any city; Hb obscure
Hosea 11:8-9
International Standard Version
8 “How can I give up on you, Ephraim?
I will deliver you, will I not, Israel?
How can I treat you like Admah?
I can’t make you like Zeboim,[a] can I?
My heart stirs within me;
my compassion also fans into flame!
9 I will not act in my anger;
I will not return to destroy Ephraim,
For I am God,
and not a human—
the Holy One among you—
so I will not enter the city in anger.[b]
Footnotes
- Hosea 11:8 cf. Deut 29:23
- Hosea 11:9 The Heb. lacks in anger
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