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Hosea 11:5 KJV
Hosea · chapter 11 · verse 5
He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.Hosea 11:5 · King James Version
Hosea 11:5 in context
3I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.
4I 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 unto them.
5He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.
6And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.
7And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- AssyrianʼAshshûwrAshshur, the second son of ShemH804 →
- refusedmâʼênto refuseH3985 →
- returnshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- EgyptMitsrayimMitsrajimH4714 →
- landʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- kingmeleka kingH4428 →
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— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7