Hos 11:8 | ESV | STEP | How can I give you up, O Ephraim ? How can I hand you over, O Israel ? How can I make you like Admah ? How can I treat you like Zeboiim ? My heart recoils within me; my compassion grows warm and tender .

a[Gen. 19:24, 25; Jer. 49:18; 50:40; Amos 4:11; Jude 7]

Hosea 11:8

8 How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, O Israel?
^aHow can I make you ^blike Admah?
How can I treat you ^clike Zeboiim?
^dMy heart recoils within me;
my compassion grows warm and tender.