Hosea 11:9-11

New International Reader's Version

⁹ I will not be so angry with you anymore.
    I will not completely destroy you again.
After all, I am God.
    I am not a mere man.
I am the Holy One among you.
    I will not direct my anger against their cities.
¹⁰ I will roar like a lion against my enemies.
    Then the Lord’s people will follow him.
When he roars, his children will come home trembling with fear.
    They will return from the west.
¹¹ They will come from Egypt, trembling like sparrows.
    They will return from Assyria, flying in like doves.
I will settle you again in your homes,”
    announces the Lord.