Hosea 9:3
They will not remain in the land of the Lord; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.
Note That is, the northern kingdom of Israel; similarly in verses 8, 11, 13, and 16
They shall not dwell in the Lord’s land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.
They won’t dwell in the Lord’s land; but Ephraim will return to Egypt, and they will eat unclean food in Assyria.
They shall not dwell in Jehovah’s land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- shall not
- Leviticus 18:28; Leviticus 20:22; Deuteronomy 4:26; Deuteronomy 28:63; Joshua 23:15; 1 Kings 9:7; Micah 2:10
- the Lord's
- Leviticus 25:23; Jeremiah 2:7; Jeremiah 16:18
- but
- Hosea 9:6; Hosea 8:13; Hosea 11:5; Deuteronomy 28:68; Isaiah 11:15, 16
- Hosea 9:3
- "Not into Egypt itself, but into another bondage as bad asthat." and.
- Ezekiel 4:13; Daniel 1:8; Acts 10:14
- in Assyria
- Hosea 11:11; 2 Kings 17:6