Hosea 11:8-9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
8 How can I give you up, Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, O Israel?
How can I make you like Admah?
How can I treat you like Zeboiim?
My heart recoils within me;
my compassion grows warm and tender.(A)
9 I will not execute my fierce anger;
I will not again destroy Ephraim,
for I am God and no mortal,
the Holy One in your midst,
and I will not come in wrath.[a](B)
Footnotes
- 11.9 Meaning of Heb uncertain
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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