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Text -- Hosea 11:9-12 (NET)
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11:9 I cannot carry out my fierce anger ! I cannot totally destroy Ephraim ! Because I am God , and not man – the Holy One among you– I will not come in wrath!
God Will Restore the Exiles to Israel
11:10 He will roar like a lion , and they will follow the Lord ; when he roars , his children will come trembling from the west .
11:11 They will return in fear and trembling like birds from Egypt , like doves from Assyria , and I will settle them in their homes ,” declares the Lord .
God’s Lawsuit against Israel: Breach of Covenant
11:12 Ephraim has surrounded me with lies ; the house of Israel has surrounded me with deceit . But Judah still roams about with God ; he remains faithful to the Holy One .
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NET Notes: Hos 11:9 The three imperfect verbs function as imperfects of capability, similar to the imperfects of capability in 11:8. See IBHS 564 §34.1a.
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NET Notes: Hos 11:10 When the verb חָרַד (kharad, “to tremble”) is used with prepositions of direction, it denotes “to go o...
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NET Notes: Hos 11:11 For the meaning of חָרַד (harad, “to tremble”) with prepositions of direction, see 11:10 above.
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