Hosea 11:8

God's love Mercy and compassion Comfort Repentance

⁶ A sword will flash through their cities; it will destroy the bars of their gates and consume them in their own plans.

⁷ My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.

How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!

⁹ I will not execute 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— and I will not come in wrath.

¹⁰ They will walk after the LORD; He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!
KJV: 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.
WEB: “How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within me, my compassion is aroused.
ASV: How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? [how] shall I cast thee off, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? [how] shall I set thee as Zeboiim? my heart is turned within me, my compassions are kindled together.
DARBY: How shall I give thee over, Ephraim? [how] shall I deliver thee up, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? [how] shall I set thee as Zeboim? My heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
BLB: How can I give you up, O Ephraim? Can I deliver you up, O Israel? How can I make you like Admah? Can I make you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned over within Me, together My compassions are kindled.

ÅB: Hvordan skal jeg kunne gi deg opp, Efra'im, gi deg til pris, Israel? Hvordan skal jeg kunne gi deg opp som Adma, gjøre med deg som med Sebo'im? Mitt hjerte vender seg i meg, all min medynk våkner.
OTB: Hvordan kan jeg gi deg opp, Efraim?
Hvordan kan jeg overgi deg, Israel?
Hvordan kan jeg gjøre deg som Adma?
Hvordan kan jeg gjøre deg som Seboim?
Mitt hjerte er rørt i meg,
min medfølelse er overstrømmende.
B1930: Hvorledes skal jeg kunne gi dig op, Efra'im, gi dig til pris, Israel? Hvorledes skal jeg kunne gi dig op som Adma, gjøre med dig som med Sebo'im? Mitt hjerte vender sig i mig, all min medynk våkner.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Jeremiah 31:20
Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.
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Hosea 6:4
What shall I do with you, O Ephraim ? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.
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Matthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
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Deuteronomy 32:36
For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.
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Jude 1:7
In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.
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Deuteronomy 29:23
All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.
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Amos 4:11
“Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
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2 Samuel 24:16
But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
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