Hosea 11:9 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 11:8-12

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 such struggles in God as there are in us, or that he is ever fluctuating or unresolved; no, he is in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 11:9

I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger ,.... That is, his wrath and fury to the uttermost; his people are deserving of his wrath as others, being by nature children of wrath as the rest; which they are sensible of under spiritual conviction, and therefore flee from it, where they may be safe: and though the Lord often chastises and afflicts them, yet not in wrath; or however but in a little wrath, as it seems to them; he does not stir up all his wrath, nor any in reality; all being... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 11:9

I will not execute - Here is the issue of this conflict in the Divine mind. Mercy triumphs over Judgment; Ephraim shall be spared. He is God, and not man. He cannot be affected by human caprices. They are now penitent, and implore mercy; he will not, as man would do, punish them for former offenses, when they have fallen into his hand. The holy place is in Ephraim, and God is in this holy place; and he will not go into the cities, as he did into Sodom and Gomorrah, to destroy them. Judgment... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 11:9

Verse 9 Then follows an explanation of this sentence,I will not execute the fury of my wrath: by which figurative mode of speaking he sets forth the punishment which was suitable to the sins of men. For it must ever be remembered, that God is exempt from every passion. But if no anger is to be supposed by us to be in God, what does he mean by the fury of his wrath? Even the relation between his nature and our innate or natural sins. But why does Scripture say that God is angry? Even because we... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 11:5-12

The ingratitude of Israel and its punishment. Both are remarkably manifested in these verses. After all God's loving-kindness they refuse to turn to God. I. THEIR PERVERSENESS . History repeats itself. This is true ecclesiastically as well as civilly, under the Jewish economy as in the Christian dispensation. Once before, at an early period in Hebrew history and on a remarkable occasion, the Israelites, discouraged by the teachings of the spies, debased by previous servitude,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 11:8-9

Justice and mercy in the heart of God. "How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together. I 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." The Bible is pre-eminently an anthropomorphitic book, that is, a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 11:8-11

Mercy seasons justice. Jehovah's love for Israel had been conspicuous during the infancy of the nation ( Hosea 11:1-4 ); but it seems even more wonderful now, in the time el Ephraim's moral decrepitude and premature decay. There is no more exquisitely pathetic passage in Holy Scripture than the one before us. It is of a piece with Jeremiah's prophecy respecting the restoration of the ten tribes ( Jeremiah 31:20 ). The denunciation of punishment contained in verses 5-7 suddenly dissolves... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 11:8-11

Divine relentings. God's wrath, had it burned against Ephraim according to his deserts, would have utterly consumed him. It would have made him like Admah and Zeboim, cities of the plain, "which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath" ( Deuteronomy 29:23 ). But Divine compassion sets limits to Divine wrath God would punish, but, in remembrance of the covenant made with the fathers, would yet spare a part, and in the end would recover and restore. For "city" ( Hosea 11:9 ),... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 11:9

I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim. The promise of this verse is in harmony with the spirit of compassion expressed in the preceding. It is at once the effect and evidence of that feeling of Divine compassion. God would neither execute the burning heat of his wrath, for so the words literally mean, nor destroy Ephraim utterly, or again any more as formerly. The historic event referred to may be the destruction effected by Tiglath-pileser,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 11:9

God and not man. Well is it for us that them are respects in which God is as man; that he is sympathizing and (as we say) humane. But better is it for us that in other respects God is not as man; for, had he been subject to like passions with ourselves, he would not have borne with us, and we should have been utterly consumed. I. A REVELATION OF DIVINE SUPERIORITY . God, in his treatment of mankind, has shown himself to be altogether superior: 1. To human ignorance . He... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hosea 11:8-12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hosea 11:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 11:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 11:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 11:5-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 11:8-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 11:8-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 11:8-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 11:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 11:9

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