Hosea 11:8-10

Easy-to-Read Version

⁸ “Ephraim, I don’t want to give you up.
    Israel, I want to protect you.
I don’t want to make you like Admah.
    I don’t want to make you like Zeboiim.^[a]
I am changing my mind.
    My love for you is too strong.
⁹ I will not let my terrible anger win.
    I will not destroy Ephraim again.
I am God and not a human.
    I am the Holy One.
I am with you.
    I will not show my anger.
¹⁰ I, the Lord, will roar like a lion,
    and my children will come and follow me.
They will come from the west,
    shaking with fear.