Hosea 11:5

Will they not return to the land of Egypt? 1 Will Assyria not rule over them 1 because they refuse to return to me? 1

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In The King James Version

He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.

In Context

4I led them with cords of humanity, 1 with bands of love. 1 I was to them like someone who eased the yoke on their jaws, 1 and I bent down to them and fed them. 1

6The sword will fall on their cities 1 and destroy the bars of their gates; 1 it will destroy them 1 because of their own plans. 1

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Cross References

2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, Galilee, and all the land of Naphtali. He carried away the people to Assyria.

2 Kings 17:13Yet Yahweh had testified to Israel and to Judah by every prophet and every seer, saying, “Turn from your evil ways and keep my commandments and my statutes, and be careful to keep all the law I commanded your fathers, and that I sent to you by my servants the prophets.”

Isaiah 8:6“Because this people has refused the gentle waters of Shiloah, 1 and is happy over Rezin and Remaliah's son, 1

Jeremiah 8:5Why has this people, Jerusalem, turned away in permanent faithlessness? 1 They hold on to treachery and refuse to repent. 1

Hosea 6:1“Come, let us return to Yahweh. 1 For he has torn us to pieces, but he will heal us; 1 he has injured us, but he will bandage our wounds. 1

Hosea 8:13As for the sacrifices of my offerings, 1 they sacrifice meat and eat it, 1 but I, Yahweh, do not accept them. 1 Now I will think about their iniquity 1 and punish their sins. 1 They will return to Egypt. 1

Matthew Henry on Hosea 11:2-8

God's Goodness to Israel; The Ingratitude of Israel; God's Displeasure with Israel. ( b. c. 730.) 1 When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. 2 As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images. 3 I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them. 4 I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat… Read the whole commentary →

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