Hosea 11:7-9

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁷ And my people shall long for my return: but a yoke shall be put upon them together, which shall not be taken off.

⁸ How shall I deal with thee, O Ephraim, shall I protect thee, O Israel? how shall I make thee as Adama, shall I set thee as Seboim? my heart is turned within me, my repentance is stirred up.

⁹ I will not execute the fierceness of my wrath: I will not return to destroy Ephraim: because I am God, and not man: the holy one in the midst of thee, and I will not enter into the city.