English Standard Version
Hosea 11:9
9I 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.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)No, I will not unleash my fierce anger. I will not completely destroy Israel, for I am God and not a mere mortal. I am the Holy One living among you, and I will not come to destroy.
Context of Hosea 11:9
7My people are bent on turning away from me, and though they call out to the Most High, he shall not raise them up at all. 8How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I hand you over, O Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart recoils within me; my compassion grows warm and tender. 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. 10They shall go after the Lord; he will roar like a lion; when he roars, his children shall come trembling from the west; 11they shall come trembling like birds from Egypt, and like doves from the land of Assyria, and I will return them to their homes, declares the Lord.
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
Words taken from the KJV.
- I will not executeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- the fiercenessחָרוֹןchârôn chârôn · burning angerH2740
- of mine angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
- I will not returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: againH7725
- to destroyשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
- Ephraimאֶפְרַ֫יִם'ephrayim · EphraimH669
- Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
- and not manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
- the Holy Oneקָדוֹשׁqâdôsh qâdôsh · holyH6918
- in the midstקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
- of thee: and I will not enterבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- into the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · excitementH5892
Cross-references for Hosea 11:9
- Hosea 14:4I will heal their apostasy; I will love them freely, for my anger has turned from them.
- Exodus 32:10Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them, in order that I may make a great nation of you."
- Deuteronomy 32:26I would have said, "I will cut them to pieces; I will wipe them from human memory,"
- Psalms 78:38Yet he, being compassionate, atoned for their iniquity and did not destroy them; he restrained his anger often and did not stir up all his wrath.
- Isaiah 27:4I have no wrath. Would that I had thorns and briers to battle! I would march against them, I would burn them up together.
- Isaiah 48:9"For my name's sake I defer my anger; for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you, that I may not cut you off.
- Jeremiah 30:11For I am with you to save you, declares the Lord; I will make a full end of all the nations among whom I scattered you, but of you I will not make a full end. I will discipline you in just measure, and I will by no means leave you unpunished.
- Jeremiah 31:1"At that time, declares the Lord, I will be the God of all the clans of Israel, and they shall be my people."
- Ezekiel 20:8But they rebelled against me and were not willing to listen to me. None of them cast away the detestable things their eyes feasted on, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt. "Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them and spend my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
- 1 Samuel 26:8Then Abishai said to David, "God has given your enemy into your hand this day. Now please let me pin him to the earth with one stroke of the spear, and I will not strike him twice."
- 2 Samuel 20:10But Amasa did not observe the sword that was in Joab's hand. So Joab struck him with it in the stomach and spilled his entrails to the ground without striking a second blow, and he died. Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.
- Numbers 23:19God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?
- Isaiah 55:8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.
- Micah 7:18Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love.
- Malachi 3:6"For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed.
- Romans 11:28As regards the gospel, they are enemies for your sake. But as regards election, they are beloved for the sake of their forefathers.
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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