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Hosea 11:9 KJV
Hosea · chapter 11 · verse 9
I 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.Hosea 11:9 · King James Version
Hosea 11:9 in context
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.
11They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the LORD.
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Key words (Strong's)
- fiercenesschârôwna burning of angerH2740 →
- executeʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
- destroyshâchathto decayH7843 →
- EphraimʼEphrayimEphrajim, a son of JosephH669 →
- returnshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- angerʼaphproperly, the nose or nostrilH639 →
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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