Hosea 11:9

I will not execute my fierce anger; 1 I will not again destroy Ephraim. 1 For I am God 1 and not a man; 1 I am the Holy One among you, 1 and I will not come in wrath. 1

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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

8How can I give you up, Ephraim? 1 How can I hand you over, Israel? 1 How can I make you like Admah? 1 How can I make you like Zeboyim? 1 My heart has changed within me; 1 all my compassions have been stirred up. 1

10They will follow Yahweh; 1 and he will roar like a lion. 1 When he roars, 1 his children will come trembling from the west. 1

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Cross References

Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that he should lie, 2 Or a human being, that he should change his mind. 1 Has he promised anything without doing it? 2 Has he said he would do something without carrying it out?

Deuteronomy 32:26I said that I would scatter them far away, 1 that I would make the memory of them to cease from among mankind. 1

2 Samuel 20:10Amasa did not notice the dagger that was in Joab's left hand. Joab stabbed Amasa in the stomach and his bowels spilled out to the ground. Joab did not strike him again, and Amasa died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba son of Bikri.

Psalms 85:4Restore us, God of our salvation, 1 and let go of your displeasure with us. 1

Isaiah 27:4I am not angry, Oh, that there were briers and thorns! 1 In battle I would march against them; I would burn them all together; 1

Isaiah 55:8“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways—this is Yahweh's declaration— 1

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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