Hosea 11:9
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 come in fury.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that He should lie; neither the son of man, that He should repent: when He hath said, will He not do it? or when He hath spoken, will He not make it good?
Deuteronomy 32:26I thought I would make an end of them, I would make their memory cease from among men;
2 Samuel 20:10But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand; so he smote him therewith in the groin, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. And Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
Psalms 85:4(85-5) Restore us, O God of our salvation, and cause Thine indignation toward us to cease.
Isaiah 27:4Fury is not in Me; would that I were as the briers and thorns in flame! I would with one step burn it altogether.
Isaiah 55:8For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, saith the LORD.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 11:9-12
The Divine Forbearance. ( b. c. 730.) 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. 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. 10 They shall walk after the Lord : he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the… Read the whole commentary →