Hosea 11:8-9

8Israel, I cannot leave you alone. I cannot let you belong to someone else. I cannot destroy you, as I did to Admah and Zeboiim. I now realize that I love you too much. I could never destroy you completely.

9I am very angry with you, but I will not punish you so much. I will never destroy my people, Ephraim. This is because I am God. I am not a human. I am the Holy God who is with you. I will not come to destroy you in my anger.