“How can I give you up, Ephraim?How can I hand you over, Israel?How can I make you like Admah?How can I make you like Zeboiim?My heart is turned within me,my compassion is aroused.”
Hosea 11:8 (WEB)
Context Reading
6The sword will fall on their cities,and will destroy the bars of their gates,and will put an end to their plans. 7My people are determined to turn from me.Though they call to the Most High,he certainly won’t exalt them. 8“How can I give you up, Ephraim?How can I hand you over, Israel?How can I make you like Admah?How can I make you like Zeboiim?My heart is turned within me,my compassion is aroused. 9I will not execute the fierceness of my anger.I will not return to destroy Ephraim,for I am God, and not man — the Holy One among you.I will not come in wrath. 10They will walk after Yahweh,who will roar like a lion;for he will roar, and the children will come trembling from the west.