Hosea 11:8
How could I give you up, O Ephraim?
What it says
God asks how He could give Ephraim up or hand Israel over like Admah and Zeboiim, because His heart recoils within Him and compassion grows warm.
What it is doing
This verse begins the chapter's decisive turn from judgment toward divine compassion.
In context
8How could I give you up, O Ephraim? 9I will not execute the full fury of My anger; 10They will walk after the LORD; 11They will come trembling like birds from Egypt 12Ephraim surrounds Me with lies,