Hosea 11:5
"They won't return into the land of Egypt;but the Assyrian will be their king,because they refused to repent.
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2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel Beth Maacah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria.
2 Kings 17:13Yet the Lord 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, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets."
Isaiah 8:6"Because this people have refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;
Jeremiah 8:5Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
Hosea 6:1"Come, and let us return to the Lord;for he has torn us to pieces,and he will heal us;he has injured us,and he will bind up our wounds.
Hosea 8:13As for the sacrifices of my offerings,they sacrifice flesh and eat it;But the Lord doesn't accept them.Now he will remember their iniquity,and punish their sins.They will return to Egypt.
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 →