Hosea 9:3

They shall not dwell in Hashemʼs land; 1 but Ephrayim shall return to Mitzrayim, 1 and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

They shall not dwell in the LORD’S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.

In Context

2The floor and the wine-press shall not feed them, 1 and the tirosh shall fail in her. 1

4They shall not offer yayin offerings to Hashem, 1 neither shall they be pleasing unto Him; 1 their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; 1 all that eat thereof shall be polluted; 1 for their bread shall be for their own nefesh 1 and shall not come into the Beis Hashem. 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 18:28That HaAretz vomit not you out also, when ye defile it, as it vomited out the Goyim that were before you.

Leviticus 25:23HaAretz shall not be sold permanently: for HaAretz is Mine, for ye are gerim and toshavim with Me.

Deuteronomy 28:63And it shall come to pass, that as Hashem rejoiced over you to do you good, to multiply you, so Hashem will rejoice over you to make you shmad, to bring you to nothing; and ye shall be plucked from off the adamah whither thou goest to possess it.

Joshua 23:15Therefore it shall come to pass, that just as kol hadavar hatov are come upon you, which Hashem Eloheichem promised you; so shall Hashem bring upon you kol hadavar harah, until He hath destroyed you from off this adamah hatovah which Hashem Eloheichem hath given you.

2 Kings 17:6In the ninth year + 17:6 722 B.C.E. of Hoshea, Melech Ashur took Shomron, and carried Yisroel away to Ashur, and placed them in Chalach and in Chavor by the river Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

Jeremiah 2:7And I brought you into an eretz hacarmel, 1 to eat the pri thereof and the tovah thereof; 1 but when ye entered, ye made My land tameh, 1 and made My nachalah a to'evah. 1

Matthew Henry on Hosea 9:2-7

Threatenings of Judgment. ( b. c. 740.) 1 Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every corn-floor. 2 The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her. 3 They shall not dwell in the Lord 's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria. 4 They shall not offer wine offerings to the Lord , neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto… Read the whole commentary →

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