Hosea 11:8

King James Version (KJV)

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.

Translations

Hosea 11:8 - Amplified Bible

How can I give you up, O Ephraim! How can I surrender you {and} cast you off, O Israel! How can I make you as Admah {or} how can I treat you as Zeboiim [both destroyed with Sodom]! My heart recoils within Me; My compassions are kindled together.

Hosea 11:8 - American Standard Version

How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I cast thee off, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboiim? my heart is turned within me, my compassions are kindled together.

Hosea 11:8 - Bible in Basic English

How may I give you up, O Ephraim? how may I be your saviour, O Israel? how may I make you like Admah? how may I do to you as I did to Zeboim? My heart is turned in me, it is soft with pity.

Hosea 11:8 - Darby Bible

How shall I give thee over, Ephraim? [how] shall I deliver thee up, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? [how] shall I set thee as Zeboim? My heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.

Hosea 11:8 - English Standard Version

How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I hand you over, O Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart recoils within me; my compassion grows warm and tender.

Hosea 11:8 - King James Version

Hosea 11:8 - La Biblia de las Americas

¿Còmo podré abandonarte, Efraìn?
¿Còmo podré entregarte, Israel?
¿Còmo podré yo hacerte como a Adma?
¿Còmo podré tratarte como a Zeboim?
Mi corazòn se conmueve dentro de mì,
se enciende toda mi compasiòn.

Hosea 11:8 - The Message

Hosea 11:8 - New American Standard Bible

How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I surrender you, O Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned over within Me, All My compassions are kindled.

Hosea 11:8 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

¿Còmo podré abandonarte, Efraìn?
¿Còmo podré entregarte, Israel?
¿Còmo podré Yo hacerte como a Adma?
¿Còmo podré tratarte como a Zeboim?
Mi corazòn se conmueve dentro de Mì,
Se enciende toda Mi compasiòn.

Hosea 11:8 - World English Bible

How shall I give you up, Ephraim? [how] shall I cast you off, Israel? how shall I make you as Admah? [how] shall I set you as Zeboiim? my heart is turned within me, my compassion is aroused.

Hosea 11:8 - Young's Living Translation

How do I give thee up, O Ephraim? Do I deliver thee up, O Israel? How do I make thee as Admah? Do I set thee as Zeboim? Turned in Me is My heart, kindled together have been My repentings.

Hosea 11:8 - Additional Comments

Should they be utterly and irreparably ruined, and be made dead in existence as they have been dead in their sins. Should they have the curse be executed upon them, that the whole land shall be brimstone and salt, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim (Deut 29:23). Ephraim and Israel deserve to be thus abandoned, and God will do them no wrong if he deal thus with them.
God is debating within himself whether to be merciful or just. They deserve justice, but God's heart is stirred with compassion. Not that God truly had a struggle, but He is showing us both sides of Him, and that He has the freedom to decide either way. What mercy it would be, for how adulterous Israel has been. Yet what justice it would be, for they deserved it.
Ephraim could be given up, Israel handed over, as a wayward child is given to the state, and his inheritance removed.
Should they be made as Admah and Zeboim, the two cities that with Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed by fire and brimstone rained from heaven upon them.

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