“I 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.”
Hosea 11:9 (WEB)
Context Reading
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. 11They will come trembling like a bird out of Egypt,and like a dove out of the land of Assyria;and I will settle them in their houses,” says Yahweh.