Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Hosea 11:8

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8. as Admah . . . Zeboim —among the cities, including Sodom and Gomorrah, irretrievably overthrown ( Deuteronomy 29:23 ). heart is turned within me —with the deepest compassion, so as not to execute My threat ( Lamentations 1:20 ; compare Genesis 43:30 ; 1 Kings 3:26 ). So the phrase is used of a new turn given to the feeling ( 1 Kings 3:26- : ). repentings —God speaks according to human modes of thought ( 1 Kings 3:26- : ). God's seeming change is in accordance with His secret everlasting purpose of love to His people, to magnify His grace after their desperate rebellion. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-9" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

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절 (explains)

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Source

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