Hosea 11:8-9
Legacy Standard Bible
8 (A)How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
How can I surrender you, O Israel?
How can I give you over to be like (B)Admah?
How can I make you like (C)Zeboiim?
My heart is turned over within Me;
[a]All My compassions are stirred.
9 I will (D)not execute My burning anger;
I will not make Ephraim a ruin (E)again.
For (F)I am God and not man, the (G)Holy One in your midst,
And I will not come in [b]wrath.
Footnotes
- Hosea 11:8 Lit Together
- Hosea 11:9 Lit excitement
Hosea 11:8-9
Common English Bible
Divine compassion
8 How can I give you up, Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, Israel?
How can I make you like Admah?
How can I treat you like Zeboiim?
My heart winces within me;
my compassion grows warm and tender.
Israel’s and Judah’s responses
9 I won’t act on the heat of my anger;
I won’t return to destroy Ephraim;
for I am God and not a human being,
the holy one in your midst;
I won’t come in harsh judgment.
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