Hosea 11:9

Mercy and compassion God's love God's holiness Anger

⁷ And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.

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.

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.

¹⁰ They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.

¹¹ They 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.

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

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BSB: 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.
KJV: 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.
WEB: I will not execute the fierceness of my anger. I will not return to destroy Ephraim, for I am God, and not man—the Holy One among you. I will not come in wrath.
ASV: 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 come in wrath.
DARBY: I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not again destroy Ephraim; for I am God, and not man, the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not come in anger.
BLB: I will not act [in] the burning of My anger; I will not turn back to destroy Ephraim. For I [am] God, and not a man—the Holy One in your midst, and I will not come in enmity.

ÅB: Jeg vil ikke fullbyrde min brennende vrede, jeg vil ikke igjen ødelegge Efra'im; for jeg er Gud og ikke et menneske, den Hellige i din midte; jeg kommer ikke med glødende harme.
OTB: Jeg vil ikke slippe løs min voldsomme vrede;
jeg vil ikke ødelegge Efraim igjen.
For jeg er Gud og ikke et menneske,
jeg er Den Hellige blant dere,
og jeg vil ikke komme i raseri.
B1930: Jeg vil ikke fullbyrde min brennende vrede, jeg vil ikke atter ødelegge Efra'im; for jeg er Gud og ikke et menneske, den Hellige i din midte; jeg kommer ikke med glødende harme.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
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Isaiah 55:8–9
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
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Jeremiah 30:11
For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.
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Isaiah 12:6
Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
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Micah 7:18–20
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
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Ezekiel 37:27–28
My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
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Malachi 3:6
For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
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Romans 11:28–29
As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes.
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