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Hosea 11:7-9
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7 My people have decided to turn away from me.
That is all that they can think about.
They call up to a God who rules above,
but he will not help them.

8 Israel, I cannot leave you alone.
I cannot let you belong to someone else.
I cannot destroy you, as I did to Admah and Zeboiim.[a]
I now realize that I love you too much.
I could never destroy you completely.
9 I am very angry with you,
but I will not punish you so much.
I will never destroy my people, Ephraim.
This is because I am God. I am not a human.
I am the Holy God who is with you.
I will not come to destroy you in my anger.

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  1. 11:8 Admah and Zeboiim were cities that were near Sodom and Gomorrah. See Genesis 10:19. God destroyed all those cities because of the wicked things that their people did. See Genesis 19:24-25.
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