American Standard Version
Hosea 11:9
9I 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.
Hosea 11:9 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)I will not carry out my fierce anger, nor will I devastate Ephraim again. For I am God, and not a man— the Holy One among you. I will not come against their cities.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I will not execute my burning anger; I will not again destroy Ephraim; for I am God and not a man, the Holy One in your midst, and I will not come in wrath.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will not execute the fierceness of My anger; I will not again destroy Ephraim. For I am God, and not man, The Holy One in your midst; And I will not come with terror.
Context of Hosea 11:9
7And my people are bent on backsliding from me: though they call them to him that is on high, none at all will exalt him. 8How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I cast thee off, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboiim? my heart is turned within me, my compassions 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 come in wrath. 10They shall walk after Jehovah, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children shall come trembling from the west. 11They shall come trembling as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria; and I will make them to dwell in their houses, saith Jehovah.
Read all of Hosea 11Hosea 11:9 word by word
לֹ֤א אֶֽעֱשֶׂה֙ חֲר֣וֹן אַפִּ֔י לֹ֥א אָשׁ֖וּב לְשַׁחֵ֣ת אֶפְרָ֑יִם כִּ֣י אֵ֤ל אָֽנֹכִי֙ וְלֹא־אִ֔ישׁ בְּקִרְבְּךָ֣ קָד֔וֹשׁ וְלֹ֥א אָב֖וֹא בְּעִֽיר׃Read the interlinear
- angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
- returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
- destroyשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
- Ephraimאֶפְרַ֫יִם'ephrayim · EphraimH669
- Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
- manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
- Holyקָדוֹשׁqâdôsh qâdôsh · holyH6918
- midstקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
- comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
Cross-references for Hosea 11:9
- Hosea 14:4I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him.
- Exodus 32:10now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
- Deuteronomy 32:26I said, I would scatter them afar, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men;
- Psalms 78:38But he, being merciful, forgave theiriniquity, and destroyedthemnot: Yea, many a time turned he his anger away, And did not stir up all his wrath.
- Isaiah 27:4Wrath is not in me: would that the briers and thorns were against me in battle! I would march upon them, I would burn them together.
- Isaiah 48:9For my name’s sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.
- Jeremiah 30:11For I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to save thee: for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have scattered thee, but I will not make a full end of thee; but I will correct thee in measure, and will in no wise leave thee unpunished.
- Jeremiah 31:1At that time, saith Jehovah, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
- Ezekiel 20:8But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me; they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
- 1 Samuel 26:8Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered up thine enemy into thy hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not smite him the second time.
- 2 Samuel 20:10But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand: so he smote him therewith in the body, 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.
- Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and will he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and will he not make it good?
- Isaiah 55:8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah.
- Micah 7:18Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in lovingkindness.
- Malachi 3:6For I, Jehovah, change not; therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
- Romans 11:28As touching the gospel, they are enemies for your sake: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sake.
Commentaries on Hosea 11:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9I will not execute - Here is the issue of this conflict in the Divine mind. Mercy triumphs over Judgment; Ephraim shall be spared. He is God, and not man. He cannot be affected by human caprices. They are now penitent, and implore mercy; he will not, as man would do, punish them for former offenses, when they have fallen into his hand. The holy place is in Ephraim, and God is in this holy place; and he will not go into the cities, as he did into Sodom and…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9I will not execute the fierceness of Mine anger - It is the voice of “mercy, rejoicing over judgment.” mercy prevails in God over the rigor of His justice, that though He will not suffer them to go utterly unpunished, yet He will abate of it, and not utterly consume them. I will not return to destroy Ephraim - God saith that He will not, as it were, glean Ephraim, going over it again, as man doth, in order to leave nothing over. As it is in Jeremiah…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-12Verses 8-12 God is slow to anger, and is loth to abandon a people to utter ruin, who have been called by his name. When God was to give a sacrifice for sin, and a Saviour for sinners, he spared not his own Son, that he might spare us. This is the language of the day of his patience; but when men sin that away, then the great day of his wrath comes. Man's compassions are nothing in comparison with the tender mercies of our God, whose thoughts and ways, in…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9I will not: The Lord alone would decide Israel’s fate. God repeated I will not three times to stress his choice not to destroy his people completely. The reason for this divine decision is, I am … the Holy One among you. God's holiness sets him apart from all creation (see “God’s Absolute Holiness” Theme Note). An offended person might destroy a rebel out of anger and spite. The Holy One does not act from those motives.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. I will not return to destroy Ephraim--that is, I will no more, as in past times, destroy Ephraim. The destruction primarily meant is probably that by Tiglath-pileser, who, as the Jewish king Ahaz' ally against Pekah of Israel and Rezin of Syria, deprived Israel of Gilead, Galilee, and Naphtali (2Ki 15:29). The ulterior reference is to the long dispersion hereafter, to be ended by God's covenant mercy restoring His people, not for their merits, but of…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Hosea 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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