Return — Conquerors that plunder the conquered city, carry away the wealth of it, and after some time return to burn it; God will not do so. Not man — Therefore my compassions fail not. The holy One — A holy God, and in covenant, though not with all, yet with many among you. Enter into the city — Utterly to destroy thee, as I did Sodom.
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Hosea 11:9
9 I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.