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Hosea 11:8 KJV
Hosea · chapter 11 · verse 8
How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.Hosea 11:8 · King James Version
Hosea 11:8 in context
6And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.
7And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
8How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
9I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, 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 enter into the city.
10They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- repentingsnichûwmproperly, consoledH5150 →
- EphraimʼEphrayimEphrajim, a son of JosephH669 →
- delivermâganproperly, to shieldH4042 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- ZeboimTsᵉbôʼîymTseboim or Tsebijim, a place in PalestineH6636 →
- turnedhâphakto turn about or overH2015 →
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In these verses we have, I. God's wonderful backwardness to destroy Israel (Hos 11:8, Hos 11:9): How shall I give thee up? Here observe, 1. God's gracious debate within himself concerning Israel's case, a debate between justice and mercy, in which victory plainly inclines to mercy's side.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-12