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Hosea 11:8–9

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8wHow shall I give thee up, Ephraim?

How shall I deliver thee, Israel?

How shall I make thee as xyAdmah?

How shall I set thee as yZeboim?

Mine heart is turned zwithin me,

aMy repentings bare kindled together.

9I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger,

I will not return to destroy Ephraim:

cFor I am God, and not man;

dThe Holy One din the midst of thee:

And I will not enter into the city.

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Footnotes

  1. wJer. 9:7. Comp. ch. 6:4.
  2. xGen. 14:8. So Gen. 19:24, 25. Jer. 49:18. & 50:40. Amos 4:11. Jude 7.
  3. zSo Ps. 7:8 (Heb.).
  4. aSo Deut. 32:36. See Isai. 63:15.
  5. bSee Gen. 43:30.
  6. cSee Num. 23:19. Comp. Isai. 55:8, 9.
  7. dIsai. 12:6 So Zech. 2:10. See Ps. 46:5. & Joel 2:27.
  8. dIsai. 12:6 So Zech. 2:10. See Ps. 46:5. & Joel 2:27.

Cross references

  1. yDeut. 29:23.
  2. yDeut. 29:23.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

How can I give you up, O 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.

I will not execute my burning anger;

I will not again destroy Ephraim;

for I am God and not a man,

the Holy One in your midst,

and I will not come in wrath.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“How can I give you up, Ephraim?

How can I hand you over, Israel?

How can I treat you like Admah?

How can I make you like Zeboyim?

My heart is changed within me;

all my compassion is aroused.

I will not carry out my fierce anger,

nor will I devastate Ephraim again.

For I am God, and not a man—

the Holy One among you.

I will not come against their cities.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

How can I give you up, Ephraim?

How can I surrender you, Israel?

How can I make you like Admah?

How can I treat you like Zeboiim?

I have had a change of heart;

my compassion is stirred!

I will not vent the full fury of my anger;

I will not turn back to destroy Ephraim.

For I am God and not man,

the Holy One among you;

I will not come in rage.

NLTNew Living Translation

“Oh, how can I give you up, Israel?

How can I let you go?

How can I destroy you like Admah

or demolish you like Zeboiim?

My heart is torn within me,

and my compassion overflows.

No, I will not unleash my fierce anger.

I will not completely destroy Israel,

for I am God and not a mere mortal.

I am the Holy One living among you,

and I will not come to destroy.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

How can I give you up, O 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 is disturbed within me;

all my compassions are aroused.

I will not execute my fierce anger,

I will not again destroy Ephraim;

because I am God

and not a mortal,

the Holy One in your midst;

and I will not come in wrath.