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Hosea 11:7-9
1599 Geneva Bible
Hosea 11:7-9
1599 Geneva Bible
7 And my people are bent to rebellion against me: though [a]they called them to the most high, yet none at all would exalt him.
8 [b]How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee, as [c]Admah? how shall I set thee, as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me: [d]my repentings are rouled together.
9 I will not execute the fierceness of my wrath: I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man, the holy one in the midst of thee, and I will not [e]enter into the city.
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- Hosea 11:7 To wit, the Prophets.
- Hosea 11:8 God considereth with himself, and that with a certain grief, how to punish them.
- Hosea 11:8 Which were two of the cities that were destroyed with Sodom, Deut. 29:23.
- Hosea 11:8 Meaning, that his love wherewith he first loved them, made him between doubt and assurance what to do: and herein appeareth his Fatherly affection: that his mercy toward his shall overcome his judgments, as he declareth in the next verse.
- Hosea 11:9 To consume thee, but will cause thee to yield, and so receive thee to mercy: and this is meant of the final number who shall walk after the Lord.
Hosea 11:7-9
New International Version
Hosea 11:7-9
New International Version
7 My people are determined to turn(A) from me.(B)
Even though they call me God Most High,
I will by no means exalt them.
8 “How can I give you up,(C) Ephraim?(D)
How can I hand you over, Israel?
How can I treat you like Admah?
How can I make you like Zeboyim?(E)
My heart is changed within me;
all my compassion(F) is aroused.(G)
9 I will not carry out my fierce anger,(H)
nor will I devastate(I) Ephraim again.
For I am God, and not a man(J)—
the Holy One(K) among you.
I will not come against their cities.
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