Hosea 11:8-10

New Century Version

⁸ “Israel, how can I give you up?
    How can I give you away, Israel?
I don’t want to make you like Admah
    or treat you like Zeboiim.^[a]
My heart beats for you,
    and my love for you stirs up my pity.
⁹ I won’t punish you in my anger,
    and I won’t destroy Israel again.
I am God and not a human;
    I am the Holy One, and I am among you.
    I will not come against you in anger.
¹⁰ They will go after the Lord,
    and he will roar like a lion.
When he roars,
    his children will hurry to him from the west.