Hosea 11:7-12

7 My people are determined to turn from me. Even though they call me God Most High, I will by no means exalt them.
8 “How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I treat you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboyim? My heart is changed within me; all my compassion is aroused.
9 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.
10 They will follow the LORD; he will roar like a lion. When he roars, his children will come trembling from the west.
11 They will come from Egypt, trembling like sparrows, from Assyria, fluttering like doves. I will settle them in their homes,” declares the LORD.

Israel’s Sin

12 Ephraim has surrounded me with lies, Israel with deceit. And Judah is unruly against God, even against the faithful Holy One.[a]

Cross References 21

  • 1. S Isaiah 26:10
  • 2. ver 2; Jeremiah 3:6-7; Jeremiah 8:5
  • 3. S Jeremiah 7:29
  • 4. Hosea 6:4
  • 5. S Genesis 14:8; S Lamentations 3:32
  • 6. S 1 Kings 3:26; S Psalms 25:6
  • 7. S Ezekiel 33:11; Amos 7:3
  • 8. Deuteronomy 13:17; S Jeremiah 18:8; S Jeremiah 30:11
  • 9. Lamentations 3:22; Malachi 3:6
  • 10. S Numbers 23:19
  • 11. S 2 Kings 19:22; S Isaiah 31:1
  • 12. S Isaiah 42:13
  • 13. S Isaiah 31:4
  • 14. S Psalms 18:45
  • 15. S Hosea 3:5; S Hosea 6:1-3
  • 16. S Genesis 8:8
  • 17. S Isaiah 11:11
  • 18. S Ezekiel 28:26; S Ezekiel 34:25-28
  • 19. S Hosea 4:2
  • 20. S Deuteronomy 7:9
  • 21. S Hosea 10:13

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. In Hebrew texts this verse (11:12) is numbered 12:1.
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