Hosea 11:8-10
New Century Version
8 “Israel, how can I give you up?
How can I give you away, Israel?
I don’t want to make you like Admah
or treat you like Zeboiim.[a]
My heart beats for you,
and my love for you stirs up my pity.
9 I won’t punish you in my anger,
and I won’t destroy Israel again.
I am God and not a human;
I am the Holy One, and I am among you.
I will not come against you in anger.
10 They will go after the Lord,
and he will roar like a lion.
When he roars,
his children will hurry to him from the west.
Footnotes
- 11:8 Admah . . . Zeboiim Two other cities destroyed when God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.
Hosea 11:8-10
New American Standard Bible
8 (A)How can I give you up, Ephraim?
How can I surrender you, Israel?
How can I [a]make you like (B)Admah?
How can I treat you like (C)Zeboiim?
My heart is turned over within Me,
[b]All My compassions are kindled.
9 I will (D)not carry out My fierce anger;
I will not destroy Ephraim (E)again.
For (F)I am God and not a man, the (G)Holy One in your midst,
And I will not come in [c]wrath.
10 They will (H)walk after the Lord,
He will (I)roar like a lion;
Indeed He will roar,
And His sons will come (J)trembling from the west.
Footnotes
- Hosea 11:8 Lit give
- Hosea 11:8 Lit Together
- Hosea 11:9 Lit agitation
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