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Hosea 11:7-9
New Catholic Bible
Hosea 11:7-9
New Catholic Bible
7 My people are determined to ignore me;
if they are summoned to approach me,
not one of them makes any attempt to do so.
8 How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, O Israel?
How can I treat you like Admah?[a]
How can I make you like Zeboiim?
My heart is overwhelmed within me;
tender compassion is enkindled in my heart.
9 I will not give rein to my fierce anger;
I will not destroy Ephraim again.
For I am God and not a mortal.
I am the Holy One in your midst;
I will not come to you in wrath.
Footnotes
- Hosea 11:8 Admah and Zeboiim: two cities destroyed along with Sodom and Gomorrah, according to Deut 29:22.