Hosea 11:9

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.

— Hosea 11:9, King James Version
Image

Cite This Verse

Hosea 11:9 (King James Version).

"Hosea 11:9." King James Version. Web.

Hosea 11:9, King James Version.

Context

This verse from Hosea Chapter 11 connects to 10 cross-references. God's lament over Ephraim: when Israel was a child God loved him and called him out of Egypt. The more God called the more they went away to Baal. Yet God cannot give Israel up as he gave up Sodom. …

Read Hosea Chapter 11 →

Other Translations

ASV

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.

YLT

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

BBE

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.

Cross References