Verse 8
Hosea 11:8
World English Bible, British Edition
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“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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אֵ֞יךְ אֶתֶּנְ/ךָ֣ אֶפְרַ֗יִם אֲמַגֶּנְ/ךָ֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֵ֚יךְ אֶתֶּנְ/ךָ֣ כְ/אַדְמָ֔ה אֲשִֽׂימְ/ךָ֖ כִּ/צְבֹאיִ֑ם נֶהְפַּ֤ךְ עָלַ/י֙ לִבִּ֔/י יַ֖חַד נִכְמְר֥וּ נִחוּמָֽ/י
English Translation
How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I surrender you, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I set you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within me; all my compassion is kindled.
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Chapter 11 Context
1
“When Israel was a child, then I loved him,
and called my son out of Egypt.
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2
They called to them, so they went from them.
They sacrificed to the Baals,
and burnt incense to engr...
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3
Yet I taught Ephraim to walk.
I took them by their arms,
but they didn’t know that I healed them.
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4
I drew them with cords of a man, with ties of love;
and I was to them like those who lift up the yok...
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5
“They won’t return into the land of Egypt;
but the Assyrian will be their king,
because they refused...
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6
The sword will fall on their cities,
and will destroy the bars of their gates,
and will put an end t...
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7
My people are determined to turn from me.
Though they call to the Most High,
he certainly won’t exal...
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8
“How can I give you up, Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, Israel?
How can I make you like Admah?
How...
9
I will not execute the fierceness of my anger.
I will not return to destroy Ephraim,
for I am God (E...
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10
They will walk after the LORD,
who will roar like a lion;
for he will roar, and the children will co...
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11
They will come trembling like a bird out of Egypt,
and like a dove out of the land of Assyria;
and I...
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12
Ephraim surrounds me with falsehood,
and the house of Israel with deceit.
Judah still strays from Go...
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