Hosea 11:9 (WEB)
I will not execute the fierceness of my anger. I will not return to destroy Ephraim, for I am God, and not man—the Holy One among you. I will not come in wrath.
Catechism · 1
“But because God is holy, he can forgive the man who realizes that he is a sinner before him: "I will not execute my fierce anger. . . for I am God and not man, the Holy One in your midst."” — Catechism footnote: Hos 11:9
Fathers and councils · 3
Jerome
“xi. 9.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger.”” — editor's note: Hos. xi. 8, 9.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Moreover, in Hosea the Lord saith: “I will not do according to the anger of mine indignation, I will not allow Ephraim to be destroyed: for I am God, and there is not a holy man in thee: and I will not enter into the city; I will go after God.”” — editor's note: Hos. xi. 9, 10.
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Cross-references · 7
Cited together with
Cited together in Catechism §208.
Cited together in Catechism §208.
Cited together in Catechism §208.
Cited together in Catechism §208.
Cited together in Catechism §208.
Cited together in Catechism §208.
Parallel passages
Isaiah 46:9 and Hosea 11:9 share the same wording (9 words).