Hosea 11
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8–11 But again God is grieved; His compassion is aroused. He asks: “How can I give you up, Ephraim?” (verse 8). “How can I let you be destroyed forever like Admah and Zeboiim?”28
In verse 9, God says He will not devastate Ephraim permanently. God is not like man, whose love fails; God’s love never fails. After Israel’s time of punishment is over, God will roar like a lion to announce that the Israelites are to be settled in their homes once more29 (verses 10–11). In time, God’s love always prevails over His wrath.
But let us never take that love for granted. The chapter ends with a strong reminder of the Israelites’ sin (verse 12) the sin they refused to turn from. When punishment finally came, they had no one to blame but themselves.