9I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. …
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. …
Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-12)In these verses we have, I. God’s wonderful backwardness to destroy Israel ( Hos. 11:8 , 9 ): How shall I give thee up ? Here observe, 1. God’s gracious debate within himself concerning Israel’s case, a debate between justice and mercy, in which victory plainly inclines to mercy’s side. Be astonished, O heavens! at this, and wonder, O earth! at the glory of God’s goodness. Not that there are any s…
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