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Hosea 11:9

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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.
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From verse 9

  1. Numbers 23:19Rank 1 from verse 9
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    19God 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?

  2. Isaiah 55:8–9Rank 2 from verse 9
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    8¶ For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.

    9For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

  3. Micah 7:18–20Rank 3 from verse 9
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    18Who 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.

    19He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

    20Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.

  4. Isaiah 12:6Rank 4 from verse 9
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    6Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.

  5. Jeremiah 30:11Rank 5 from verse 9
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    11For 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.

  6. Ezekiel 37:27–28Rank 6 from verse 9
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    27My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

    28And the heathen shall know that I the Lord do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.

  7. Malachi 3:6Rank 7 from verse 9
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    6For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

  8. Hosea 14:4Rank 8 from verse 9
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    4¶ I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

  9. Romans 11:28–29Rank 9 from verse 9
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    28As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes.

    29For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

  10. Zephaniah 3:15–17Rank 10 from verse 9
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    15The Lord hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the Lord, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.

    16In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.

    17The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

  11. Jeremiah 31:1–3Rank 11 from verse 9
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    1AT the same time, saith the Lord, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.

    2Thus saith the Lord, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.

    3The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

  12. 1 Samuel 26:8Rank 12 from verse 9
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    8Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.

  13. 2 Samuel 20:10Rank 13 from verse 9
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    10But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

  14. Deuteronomy 13:17Rank 14 from verse 9
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    17And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the Lord may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;

  15. Deuteronomy 32:26–27Rank 15 from verse 9
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    26I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:

    27Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this.

  16. Exodus 32:10–14Rank 16 from verse 9
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    10Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.

    11And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?

    12Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.

    13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.

    14And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.

  17. Ezekiel 20:13–14Rank 17 from verse 9
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    13But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.

    14But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.

  18. Ezekiel 20:21–23Rank 18 from verse 9
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    21Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.

    22Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth.

    23I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;

  19. Ezekiel 20:8–9Rank 19 from verse 9
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    8But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

    9But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.

  20. Isaiah 27:4–8Rank 20 from verse 9
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    4Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.

    5Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.

    6He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.

    7¶ Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?

    8In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.

  21. Isaiah 48:9Rank 21 from verse 9
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    9¶ For my name’s sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.

  22. Psalms 78:38Rank 22 from verse 9
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    38But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.

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Hosea 11:9

COMBINED MEANING

execute

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To carry out, perform, or put into effect, especially a judgment or command.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604

COMBINED MEANING

fierceness

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Great intensity, violence, fury, or vehemence, especially of anger, wrath, rage, attack, or force.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

anger

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Sense 1: Strong displeasure or indignation. Sense 2: As a verb, to provoke to such displeasure.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

return

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Sense 1: To go, come, send, or give back; to restore, answer, or turn again. Sense 2: The act or time of coming back or recurring.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

destroy

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Sense 1: To ruin, demolish, consume, or lay waste. Sense 2: To kill or cut off. Sense 3: To cause a thing's structure, use, activity, or present condition to cease.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

holy

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Sense 1: Morally pure, righteous, undefiled, and separate from evil; supremely so of God. Sense 2: Hallowed, consecrated, set apart, devoted, or belonging to God or sacred use; distinguished from what is common, profane, or unclean.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

Holy One

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A divine title used of the LORD and of Jesus Christ, often as the Holy One of Israel or the Holy One of God.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

midst

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The middle, centre, interior, or intervening part of a place, body, company, or condition; among, within, surrounded by, or in the presence of persons or things.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

enter

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To go or come in; to penetrate; to become an ingredient or constituent part; to enter the mind.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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11:8How 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.

11:9I 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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11:10They shall walk after the Lord: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.

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