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I will not execute the fierceness of My anger - It is the voice of mercy, rejoicing over judgment. Mercy prevails in God over the r…

This sublime passage is remarkable as drawing illustrations from human emotions, and yet repudiating all human weakness. It suggests a hint of Divi…

I will not execute the fierceness of my anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; —
What a merc…

Here God consults what He would do with the people: and first, indeed, He shows that it was His purpose to execute vengeance, such as the Israelite…

I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger
That is, his wrath and fury to the uttermost; his people are deservi…

God is slow to anger and is unwilling to abandon a people to utter ruin who have been called by His name. When God was to give a sacrifice for sin …
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes