Commentators have long wrestled with the relationship between the emotional portrayal of YHWH and his decision not to destroy his people in Hosea 11:8–9. The key question in this text is why does YHWH act as he does? What is the basis for his decision? In addition, questions abound with regard to how the reader should understand the emotional portrayal itself. Should it be read as an anthropopathic description, or does it challenge the doctrine of divine impassibility? This study investigates the relationship between YHWH’s emotional portrayal and actions in light of Hosea’s understanding of divine motive. Then the results of the study are applied to questions surrounding divine impassibility.

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“因为我是神，不是人”：何西阿动机陈述中的神圣自我表露

评论员长期以来一直在努力解决情感描写与耶和华以及他在何西阿书 11:8-9 中决定不毁灭他的人民。本文的关键问题是为什么耶和华像他那样做？他的决定依据是什么？此外，关于读者应该如何理解情感描写本身的问题比比皆是。它应该被解读为一种人类病学的描述，还是它挑战了神圣不可逾越的教义？本研究调查了两者之间的关系耶和华根据何西阿对神圣动机的理解，对情感的描写和行为。然后将研究结果应用于围绕神圣无情的问题。