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Hosea 11:5 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

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

Hosea 11:5

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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 unto them.

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

6 And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.

7 And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.

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Related Verses

Deuteronomy 17:16

"But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way."

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Hosea 7:16

"They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt."

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Hosea 8:13

"They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt."

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Hosea 10:6

"It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel."

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2 Kings 17:13-14

"Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye 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."

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Hosea 9:3

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

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From This Chapter

Hosea 11:1

"When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt."

Hosea 11:2

"As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images."

Hosea 11:3

"I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them."

Hosea 11:4

"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 unto them."

Hosea 11:6

"And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels."

Hosea 11:7

"And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him."

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