Hosea 11:7-9

New Catholic Bible

⁷ My people are determined to ignore me;
    if they are summoned to approach me,
    not one of them makes any attempt to do so.
⁸ How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
    How can I hand you over, O Israel?
How can I treat you like Admah?^[a]
    How can I make you like Zeboiim?
My heart is overwhelmed within me;
    tender compassion is enkindled in my heart.
⁹ I will not give rein to my fierce anger;
    I will not destroy Ephraim again.
For I am God and not a mortal.
    I am the Holy One in your midst;
    I will not come to you in wrath.