Hosea 11:9 “I will not execute the full fury of My anger; I will not destroy Ephra…”

Hosea 11:9

I will not execute the full fury of My anger; I will not destroy Ephraim again. For I am God and not man— the Holy One among you— and I will not come in wrath.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard 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 come in wrath.

Geneva Bible 1599

I wil not execute ye fiercenesse of my wrath: I will not returne to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man, the holy one in the middes of thee, and I will not enter into the citie.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

I do not the fierceness of My anger, I turn not back to destroy Ephraim, For God I [am], and not a man. In thy midst the Holy One, and I enter not in enmity,

Bible in Basic English

I will not put into effect the heat of my wrath; I will not again send destruction on Ephraim; for I am God and not man, the Holy One among you; I will not put an end to you.

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Cross references

“not execute”

Jeremiah 30:11 Hosea 14:4 Jeremiah 31:1–3 Exodus 32:10–14 Psalm 78:38 Isaiah 27:4–8

Jeremiah 30:11 · BSB

For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means…

Hosea 14:4 · BSB

I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.

Jeremiah 31:1–3 · BSB

“At that time,” declares the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be My people.”

Exodus 32:10–14 · BSB

Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”

Psalm 78:38 · BSB

And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.

Isaiah 27:4–8 · BSB

I am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground.

“return”

1 Samuel 26:8 2 Samuel 20:10

1 Samuel 26:8 · BSB

Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the spear through him into the ground with one stroke. I will not need to strike him twice!”

2 Samuel 20:10 · BSB

Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and his…

“for”

Numbers 23:19 Micah 7:18–20 Malachi 3:6 Isaiah 55:8 Isaiah 55:9 Romans 11:28

Numbers 23:19 · BSB

God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?

Micah 7:18–20 · BSB

Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?

Malachi 3:6 · BSB

“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.

Isaiah 55:8 · BSB

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.

Isaiah 55:9 · BSB

“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.

Romans 11:28 · BSB

Regarding the gospel, they are enemies on your account; but regarding election, they are loved on account of the patriarchs.

“the Holy One”

Isaiah 12:6 Zephaniah 3:15–17 Ezekiel 37:27 Ezekiel 37:28

Isaiah 12:6 · BSB

Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”

Zephaniah 3:15–17 · BSB

The LORD has taken away your punishment; He has turned back your enemy. Israel’s King, the LORD, is among you; no longer will you fear any harm.

Ezekiel 37:27 · BSB

My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people.

Ezekiel 37:28 · BSB

Then the nations will know that I the LORD sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is among them forever.’”

Also

Deuteronomy 13:17

Deuteronomy 13:17 · BSB

Nothing devoted to destruction shall cling to your hands, so that the LORD will turn from His fierce anger, grant you mercy, show you compassion, and multiply you as He swore to your fathers,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8How 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!

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

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