I will not execute my burning anger;
    I will not again destroy Ephraim;
(A)for I am God and not a man,
    (B)the Holy One in your midst,
    and I will not come in wrath.[a]

10 (C)They shall go after the Lord;
    (D)he will roar like a lion;
when he roars,
    his children shall come trembling (E)from the west;
11 they shall come trembling like birds (F)from Egypt,
    and (G)like doves (H)from the land of Assyria,
    and I will return them to their homes, declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 11:9 Or into the city

I will not carry out my fierce anger,(A)
    nor will I devastate(B) Ephraim again.
For I am God, and not a man(C)
    the Holy One(D) among you.
    I will not come against their cities.
10 They will follow the Lord;
    he will roar(E) like a lion.(F)
When he roars,
    his children will come trembling(G) from the west.(H)
11 They will come from Egypt,
    trembling like sparrows,
    from Assyria,(I) fluttering like doves.(J)
I will settle them in their homes,”(K)
    declares the Lord.

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