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Hosea 11:8

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Hosea 11:8 — Meaning and Application

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" How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together. "

Hosea 11:8

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And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.

And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt

How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.

I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.

They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.

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From This Chapter

Hosea 11:1

"When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt."

Hosea 11:2

"As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images."

Hosea 11:3

"I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed"

Hosea 11:4

"I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat"

Hosea 11:5

"He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return."

Hosea 11:6

"And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels."

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