Hosea 11:7-9

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My people are bent on turning from Me;
Though the prophets call them to the One on high,
None at all exalts Him.

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How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
How can I surrender you, O Israel?
How can I make you like Admah?
How can I treat you like ^[a]Zeboiim?
My heart recoils within Me;
All My compassions are kindled together [for My nation of Israel].^(A)
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I will not execute the fierceness of My anger;
I will not return to Ephraim to destroy him again.
For I am God and not man, the Holy One in your midst [who will not revoke My covenant],
And I will not come in wrath or enter the city [in judgment].