Hos 11:8 | JFB | STEP | 8. as Admah . . . Zeboim —among the cities, including Sodom and Gomorrah, irretrievably overthrown ( ). heart is turned within me —with the deepest compassion, so as not to execute My threat ( ; compare ). So the phrase is used of a new turn given to the feeling ( ). repentings —God speaks according to human modes of thought ( ). 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.

Hosea 11:8

8. as Admah . . . Zeboim—among the cities, including Sodom and Gomorrah, irretrievably overthrown (De 29:23).

heart is turned within me—with the deepest compassion, so as not to execute My threat (La 1:20; compare Ge 43:30; 1Ki 3:26). So the phrase is used of a new turn given to the feeling (Ps 105:25).

repentings—God speaks according to human modes of thought (Nu 23:19). 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.