Hosea Chapter 11 verse 5 Holy Bible
They shall not return into the land of Egypt; but the Assyrian shall be their king, because they refused to return `to me'.
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He will go back to the land of Egypt and the Assyrian will be his king, because they would not come back to me.
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He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king; for they refused to return [to me];
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He shall not return into the land of Egypt, and the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.
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"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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He turneth not back unto the land of Egypt, And Asshur -- he `is' his king, For they have refused to return.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 5. - He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return. These words sound like an announcement that the season of Divine grace, so long extended to that sin-laden people, had at length expired; and that on account of their stubborn and on-grateful rebellion against Jehovah they would be forced, to go into exile and become subject to the monarch of Assyria. (1) They had been threatened with a return to Egypt and its bondage in Hosea 8:13, "They shall return to Egypt;" and Hosea 9:3, "Ephraim shall return to Egypt;" vet now God, without any change of purpose, changes his mode of procedure, not allowing them to return to Egypt, but dooming them to a worse bondage under the Assyrians. (2) Having been tributary to Assyria from the time of Menahem, they had revolted and applied to Egypt for help; now, however, no help would be permitted to come from Egypt nor even an opportunity of applying for it allowed. The power of Assyria would be paramount; instead, therefore, of native kings and Egyptian auxiliaries, Israel would have to submit to that iron yoke. However desirous of returning to Egypt, they would have neither the power nor the privilege of doing so. And this poor privilege of a choice of masters they were refused as a just retribution, because they had not repented of their sin and returned to God. Various methods have been resorted to, to harmonize the apparent contradiction alluded to, that is, between the affirmative and negative statements about Israel's return into Egypt. (1) Dathe, Eichhorn, and De Wette agree with the LXX. in reading לו instead of לא, and connecting it with the preceding verse; but the other versions, as well as the manuscripts, support the received text. . . .
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) It is best, with Ewald, to take the two clauses as interrogative, Shall he not return into the land of Egypt? And shall not the Assyrian, &c.? (See Notes on Hosea 8:13; Hosea 10:3-6. Comp. also Hosea 11:11.)Return--i.e., to God.
