Hosea 11:9

Although I am extremely angry, I do not want to punish you severely; I do not want to ◄devastate/completely ruin► Israel. Humans would easily decide to do that, but I am God, not a human. I, the Holy One, am with you; although I am very angry with you, I will not destroy you.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

8You people of Israel, I certainly do not want to [RHQ] abandon you and allow your enemies to capture you. I do not [RHQ] want to act toward you like I acted toward Admah and Zeboiim, cities that I completely destroyed when I destroyed Sodom. I [SYN] have changed my mind about punishing you; my desire to pity you has increased.

10You will follow me when I roar like [SIM] a lion; when I roar, some of you my children will tremble as you return to Israel from the islands and seacoasts toward the west.

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Cross References

Numbers 23:19God is not a human being. Humans lie, but God never lies. He never changes his mind/thoughts, as humans do. Whatever he has said that he will do, he does.

Deuteronomy 32:26I wanted to scatter the Israeli people to distant countries in order that no one would ever remember them.

2 Samuel 20:10But Amasa did not see that Joab was holding another dagger in his other hand. And Joab stabbed it into Amasa’s belly, and his insides spilled out onto the ground. Amasa died immediately; Joab did not need to stab him again. Then Joab and his brother Abishai continued to pursue Sheba.

Psalms 85:4Now, God, the one who saves/rescues us, ◄restore us/make us prosperous again► and stop being angry with us!

Isaiah 27:4I am no longer angry with my people; if any of your enemies try to injure you like briers and thorns injure people [MET], I will attack them in battles; I will get rid of them completely,

Isaiah 55:8I, Yahweh, declare that what I think is not the same as what you think, and what I do is very different from what you do.

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 →

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