Verse 9

I will not execute{H6213}{(H8799)} the fierceness{H2740} of mine anger{H639}, I will not return{H7725}{(H8799)} to destroy{H7843}{(H8763)} Ephraim{H669}: for I am God{H410}, and not man{H376}; the Holy One{H6918} in the midst{H7130} of thee: and I will not enter{H935}{(H8799)} into the city{H5892}.

Referenced Verses

• Num 23:19 : 19 God{H410} is not a man{H376}, that he should lie{H3576}{(H8762)}; neither the son{H1121} of man{H120}, that he should repent{H5162}{(H8691)}: hath he said{H559}{(H8804)}, and shall he not do{H6213}{(H8799)} it? or hath he spoken{H1696}{(H8765)}, and shall he not make it good{H6965}{(H8686)}?
• Isa 12:6 : 6 Cry out{H6670}{(H8761)} and shout{H7442}{(H8798)}, thou inhabitant{H3427}{(H8802)} of Zion{H6726}: for great{H1419} is the Holy One{H6918} of Israel{H3478} in the midst{H7130} of thee.
• Jer 30:11 : 11 For I am with thee, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, to save{H3467}{(H8687)} thee: though I make{H6213}{(H8799)} a full end{H3617} of all nations{H1471} whither I have scattered{H6327}{(H8689)} thee, yet will I not make{H6213}{(H8799)} a full end{H3617} of thee: but I will correct{H3256}{(H8765)} thee in measure{H4941}, and will not leave thee altogether{H5352}{(H8763)} unpunished{H5352}{(H8762)}.
• Exod 32:10-14 : 10 Now therefore let me alone{H3240}{(H8685)}, that my wrath{H639} may wax hot{H2734}{(H8799)} against them, and that I may consume{H3615}{(H8762)} them: and I will make{H6213}{(H8799)} of thee a great{H1419} nation{H1471}. 11 And Moses{H4872} besought{H2470}{(H8762)}{H6440} the LORD{H3068} his God{H430}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, LORD{H3068}, why doth thy wrath{H639} wax hot{H2734}{(H8799)} against thy people{H5971}, which thou hast brought forth{H3318}{(H8689)} out of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} with great{H1419} power{H3581}, and with a mighty{H2389} hand{H3027}? 12 Wherefore should the Egyptians{H4714} speak{H559}{(H8799)}, and say{H559}{(H8800)}, For mischief{H7451} did he bring{H3318}{(H8689)} them out, to slay{H2026}{(H8800)} them in the mountains{H2022}, and to consume{H3615}{(H8763)} them from the face{H6440} of the earth{H127}? Turn{H7725}{(H8798)} from thy fierce{H2740} wrath{H639}, and repent{H5162}{(H8734)} of this evil{H7451} against thy people{H5971}. 13 Remember{H2142}{(H8798)} Abraham{H85}, Isaac{H3327}, and Israel{H3478}, thy servants{H5650}, to whom thou swarest{H7650}{(H8738)} by thine own self, and saidst{H1696}{(H8762)} unto them, I will multiply{H7235}{(H8686)} your seed{H2233} as the stars{H3556} of heaven{H8064}, and all this land{H776} that I have spoken{H559}{(H8804)} of will I give{H5414}{(H8799)} unto your seed{H2233}, and they shall inherit{H5157}{(H8804)} it for ever{H5769}. 14 And the LORD{H3068} repented{H5162}{(H8735)} of the evil{H7451} which he thought{H1696}{(H8765)} to do{H6213}{(H8800)} unto his people{H5971}.
• Isa 55:8-9 : 8 For my thoughts{H4284} are not your thoughts{H4284}, neither are your ways{H1870} my ways{H1870}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}. 9 For as the heavens{H8064} are higher{H1361}{(H8804)} than the earth{H776}, so are my ways{H1870} higher{H1361}{(H8804)} than your ways{H1870}, and my thoughts{H4284} than your thoughts{H4284}.
• Mal 3:6 : 6 For I am the LORD{H3068}, I change{H8138}{(H8804)} not; therefore ye sons{H1121} of Jacob{H3290} are not consumed{H3615}{(H8804)}.
• Rom 11:28-29 : 28 As concerning{G2596}{G3303} the gospel{G2098}, they are enemies{G2190} for your sakes{G1223}{G5209}: but{G1161} as touching{G2596} the election{G1589}, they are beloved{G27} for{G1223} the fathers{G3962}' sakes{G1223}. 29 For{G1063} the gifts{G5486} and{G2532} calling{G2821} of God{G2316} are without repentance{G278}.
• Isa 27:4-8 : 4 Fury{H2534} is not in me: who would set{H5414}{(H8799)} the briers{H8068} and thorns{H7898} against me in battle{H4421}? I would go{H6585}{(H8799)} through them, I would burn{H6702}{(H8686)} them together{H3162}. 5 Or let him take hold{H2388}{(H8686)} of my strength{H4581}, that he may make{H6213}{(H8799)} peace{H7965} with me; and he shall make{H6213}{(H8799)} peace{H7965} with me. 6 He shall cause them that come{H935}{(H8802)} of Jacob{H3290} to take root{H8327}{(H8686)}: Israel{H3478} shall blossom{H6692}{(H8686)} and bud{H6524}{(H8804)}, and fill{H4390}{(H8804)} the face{H6440} of the world{H8398} with fruit{H8570}. 7 Hath he smitten{H5221}{(H8689)} him, as he smote{H4347} those that smote{H5221}{(H8688)} him? or is he slain{H2026}{(H8795)} according to the slaughter{H2027} of them that are slain{H2026}{(H8803)} by him? 8 In measure{H5432}, when it shooteth forth{H7971}{(H8763)}, thou wilt debate{H7378}{(H8799)} with it: he stayeth{H1898}{(H8804)} his rough{H7186} wind{H7307} in the day{H3117} of the east wind{H6921}.
• Isa 48:9 : 9 For my name's{H8034} sake will I defer{H748}{(H8686)} mine anger{H639}, and for my praise{H8416} will I refrain{H2413}{(H8799)} for thee, that I cut thee not off{H3772}{(H8687)}.
• Deut 13:17 : 17 And there shall cleave{H1692}{(H8799)} nought{H3972} of the cursed thing{H2764} to thine hand{H3027}: that the LORD{H3068} may turn{H7725}{(H8799)} from the fierceness{H2740} of his anger{H639}, and shew{H5414}{(H8804)} thee mercy{H7356}, and have compassion{H7355}{(H8765)} upon thee, and multiply{H7235}{(H8689)} thee, as he hath sworn{H7650}{(H8738)} unto thy fathers{H1};
• Deut 32:26-27 : 26 I said{H559}{(H8804)}, I would scatter them into corners{H6284}{(H8686)}, I would make the remembrance{H2143} of them to cease{H7673}{(H8686)} from among men{H582}: 27 Were it not{H3884} that I feared{H1481}{(H8799)} the wrath{H3708} of the enemy{H341}{(H8802)}, lest their adversaries{H6862} should behave themselves strangely{H5234}{(H8762)}, and lest they should say{H559}{(H8799)}, Our hand{H3027} is high{H7311}{(H8804)}, and the LORD{H3068} hath not done{H6466}{(H8804)} all this.
• 1 Sam 26:8 : 8 Then said{H559}{(H8799)} Abishai{H52} to David{H1732}, God{H430} hath delivered{H5462}{(H8765)} thine enemy{H341}{(H8802)} into thine hand{H3027} this day{H3117}: now therefore let me smite{H5221}{(H8686)} him, I pray thee, with the spear{H2595} even to the earth{H776} at once{H6471}{H259}, and I will not smite him the second time{H8138}{(H8799)}.
• 2 Sam 20:10 : 10 But Amasa{H6021} took no heed{H8104}{(H8738)} to the sword{H2719} that was in Joab's{H3097} hand{H3027}: so he smote{H5221}{(H8686)} him therewith in the fifth{H2570} rib, and shed out{H8210}{(H8799)} his bowels{H4578} to the ground{H776}, and struck him not again{H8138}{(H8804)}; and he died{H4191}{(H8799)}. So Joab{H3097} and Abishai{H52} his brother{H251} pursued{H7291}{(H8804)} after{H310} Sheba{H7652} the son{H1121} of Bichri{H1075}.
• Ps 78:38 : 38 But he, being full of compassion{H7349}, forgave{H3722}{H8762)} their iniquity{H5771}, and destroyed{H7843}{H8686)} them not: yea, many a time{H7235}{H8689)} turned{H7725} he his anger{H639} away{H7725}{H8687)}, and did not stir up{H5782}{H8686)} all his wrath{H2534}.
• Jer 31:1-3 : 1 At the same time{H6256}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, will I be the God{H430} of all the families{H4940} of Israel{H3478}, and they shall be my people{H5971}. 2 Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, The people{H5971} which were left{H8300} of the sword{H2719} found{H4672}{(H8804)} grace{H2580} in the wilderness{H4057}; even Israel{H3478}, when I went{H1980}{(H8800)} to cause him to rest{H7280}{(H8687)}. 3 The LORD{H3068} hath appeared{H7200}{(H8738)} of old{H7350} unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved{H157}{(H8804)} thee with an everlasting{H5769} love{H160}: therefore with lovingkindness{H2617} have I drawn{H4900}{(H8804)} thee.
• Ezek 20:8-9 : 8 But they rebelled{H4784}{(H8686)} against me, and would{H14}{(H8804)} not hearken{H8085}{(H8800)} unto me: they did not every man{H376} cast away{H7993}{(H8689)} the abominations{H8251} of their eyes{H5869}, neither did they forsake{H5800}{(H8804)} the idols{H1544} of Egypt{H4714}: then I said{H559}{(H8799)}, I will pour out{H8210}{(H8800)} my fury{H2534} upon them, to accomplish{H3615}{(H8763)} my anger{H639} against them in the midst{H8432} of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}. 9 But I wrought{H6213}{(H8799)} for my name's{H8034} sake, that it should not be polluted{H2490}{(H8736)} before{H5869} the heathen{H1471}, among{H8432} whom they were, in whose sight{H5869} I made myself known{H3045}{(H8738)} unto them, in bringing them forth{H3318}{(H8687)} out of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}.
• Ezek 20:13-14 : 13 But the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478} rebelled{H4784}{(H8686)} against me in the wilderness{H4057}: they walked{H1980}{(H8804)} not in my statutes{H2708}, and they despised{H3988}{(H8804)} my judgments{H4941}, which if a man{H120} do{H6213}{(H8799)}, he shall even live{H2425}{(H8804)} in them; and my sabbaths{H7676} they greatly{H3966} polluted{H2490}{(H8765)}: then I said{H559}{(H8799)}, I would pour out{H8210}{(H8800)} my fury{H2534} upon them in the wilderness{H4057}, to consume{H3615}{(H8763)} them. 14 But I wrought{H6213}{(H8799)} for my name's{H8034} sake, that it should not be polluted{H2490}{(H8736)} before{H5869} the heathen{H1471}, in whose sight{H5869} I brought them out{H3318}{(H8689)}.
• Ezek 20:21-23 : 21 Notwithstanding the children{H1121} rebelled{H4784}{(H8686)} against me: they walked{H1980}{(H8804)} not in my statutes{H2708}, neither kept{H8104}{(H8804)} my judgments{H4941} to do{H6213}{(H8800)} them, which if a man{H120} do{H6213}{(H8799)}, he shall even live{H2425}{(H8804)} in them; they polluted{H2490}{(H8765)} my sabbaths{H7676}: then I said{H559}{(H8799)}, I would pour out{H8210}{(H8800)} my fury{H2534} upon them, to accomplish{H3615}{(H8763)} my anger{H639} against them in the wilderness{H4057}. 22 Nevertheless I withdrew{H7725}{(H8689)} mine hand{H3027}, and wrought{H6213}{(H8799)} for my name's{H8034} sake, that it should not be polluted{H2490}{(H8736)} in the sight{H5869} of the heathen{H1471}, in whose sight{H5869} I brought them forth{H3318}{(H8689)}. 23 I lifted up{H5375}{(H8804)} mine hand{H3027} unto them also in the wilderness{H4057}, that I would scatter{H6327}{(H8687)} them among the heathen{H1471}, and disperse{H2219}{(H8763)} them through the countries{H776};
• Ezek 37:27-28 : 27 My tabernacle{H4908} also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God{H430}, and they shall be my people{H5971}. 28 And the heathen{H1471} shall know{H3045}{(H8804)} that I the LORD{H3068} do sanctify{H6942}{(H8764)} Israel{H3478}, when my sanctuary{H4720} shall be in the midst{H8432} of them for evermore{H5769}.
• Hos 14:4 : 4 I will heal{H7495}{(H8799)} their backsliding{H4878}, I will love{H157}{(H8799)} them freely{H5071}: for mine anger{H639} is turned away{H7725}{(H8804)} from him.
• Mic 7:18-20 : 18 Who is a God{H410} like unto thee, that pardoneth{H5375}{(H8802)} iniquity{H5771}, and passeth by{H5674}{(H8802)} the transgression{H6588} of the remnant{H7611} of his heritage{H5159}? he retaineth{H2388}{(H8689)} not his anger{H639} for ever{H5703}, because he delighteth{H2654}{(H8804)} in mercy{H2617}. 19 He will turn again{H7725}{(H8799)}, he will have compassion{H7355}{(H8762)} upon us; he will subdue{H3533}{(H8799)} our iniquities{H5771}; and thou wilt cast{H7993}{(H8686)} all their sins{H2403} into the depths{H4688} of the sea{H3220}. 20 Thou wilt perform{H5414}{(H8799)} the truth{H571} to Jacob{H3290}, and the mercy{H2617} to Abraham{H85}, which thou hast sworn{H7650}{(H8738)} unto our fathers{H1} from the days{H3117} of old{H6924}.
• Zeph 3:15-17 : 15 The LORD{H3068} hath taken away{H5493}{(H8689)} thy judgments{H4941}, he hath cast out{H6437}{(H8765)} thine enemy{H341}{(H8802)}: the king{H4428} of Israel{H3478}, even the LORD{H3068}, is in the midst{H7130} of thee: thou shalt not see{H7200}{(H8799)} evil{H7451} any more. 16 In that day{H3117} it shall be said{H559}{(H8735)} to Jerusalem{H3389}, Fear{H3372}{(H8799)} thou not: and to Zion{H6726}, Let not thine hands{H3027} be slack{H7503}{(H8799)}. 17 The LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} in the midst{H7130} of thee is mighty{H1368}; he will save{H3467}{(H8686)}, he will rejoice{H7797}{(H8799)} over thee with joy{H8057}; he will rest{H2790}{(H8686)} in his love{H160}, he will joy{H1523}{(H8799)} over thee with singing{H7440}.