Hosea 11:9

Translations

Modern

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.

Traditional

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.

Literal

I will not act in the burning of My anger; I will not turn back to destroy Ephraim. For I am God, and not a man—the Holy One in your midst, and I will not come in enmity.

Latin

Non faciam furorem iræ meæ; non convertar ut disperdam Ephraim, quoniam Deus ego, et non homo; in medio tui sanctus, et non ingrediar civitatem.

Original

Hebrew

English

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.

Notes

Hosea 11:9

I 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.

Hosea 11:1–11

God grieved over Israel’s unfaithfulness. Even after all he had done for them, Israel had turned into a rebellious people. Justice required serious punishment, but the final decision about Israel’s future would come from God’s tender compassion for his people, not from an abstract rule.

Theme notes and profiles

God’s Absolute Holiness God’s Covenant Love God’s Grief over Apostasy God’s Judgment of His People Holiness by Relationship The Holy One of Israel The Remnant

Events

Prophecies of Hosea

Related verses

Numbers 23:19
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
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?
Isaiah 55:8–9
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 30:11
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 leave you unpunished.”
Isaiah 12:6
Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”
Malachi 3:6
“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
Ezekiel 37:27–28
My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people.
Zephaniah 3:15–17
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.
Romans 11:28–29
Regarding the gospel, they are enemies on your account; but regarding election, they are loved on account of the patriarchs.
Hosea 14:4
I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.
Jeremiah 31:1–3
“At that time,” declares the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be My people.”
Deuteronomy 32:26–27
I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,

People

Ephraim: Second son of Joseph, and a tribe of Israel LORD: Names or title used to refer to God

Glossary

Hosea, Book of Mercy Wrath of God

Topics

Anger: Anger of God God: Holiness of Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of Restoration

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