Hosea 11:5
New International Version
“Will they not return to Egypt and will not Assyria rule over them because they refuse to repent?

New Living Translation
“But since my people refuse to return to me, they will return to Egypt and will be forced to serve Assyria.

English Standard Version
They shall not return to the land of Egypt, but Assyria shall be their king, because they have refused to return to me.

Berean Standard Bible
Will they not return to the land of Egypt and be ruled by Assyria because they refused to repent?

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

New King James Version
“He shall not return to the land of Egypt; But the Assyrian shall be his king, Because they refused to repent.

New American Standard Bible
They will not return to the land of Egypt; But Assyria—he will be their king Because they refused to return to Me.

NASB 1995
They will not return to the land of Egypt; But Assyria— he will be their king Because they refused to return to Me.

NASB 1977
They will not return to the land of Egypt; But Assyria—he will be their king, Because they refused to return to Me.

Legacy Standard Bible
They will not return to the land of Egypt; But Assyria—he will be their king Because they refused to return to Me.

Amplified Bible
They will not return to the land of Egypt, But Assyria will be their king [bringing them into captivity] Because they refused to return to Me.

Christian Standard Bible
Israel will not return to the land of Egypt and Assyria will be his king, because they refused to repent.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Israel will not return to the land of Egypt and Assyria will be his king, because they refused to repent.

American Standard Version
They shall not return into the land of Egypt; but the Assyrian shall be their king, because they refused to return to me.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
They shall not return to the land of Egypt, and an Assyrian is their King, because they chose not to return

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Ephraim dwelt in Egypt; and as for the Assyrian, he was his king, because he would not return.

Contemporary English Version
But they rejected me, and so must return to Egypt; now Assyria will rule them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king: because they would not be converted.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"They will not return to Egypt. Instead, Assyria will rule them because they have refused to return to me.

Good News Translation
"They refuse to return to me, and so they must return to Egypt, and Assyria will rule them.

International Standard Version
"They will not return to the land of Egypt; instead, the Assyrian will be their king, because they kept refusing to repent.

JPS Tanakh 1917
He shall not return into the land of Egypt, But the Assyrian shall be his king, Because they refused to return.

Literal Standard Version
He does not return to the land of Egypt, | And Asshur—he [is] his king, | For they have refused to return.

Majority Standard Bible
Will they not return to the land of Egypt and be ruled by Assyria because they refused to repent?

New American Bible
He shall return to the land of Egypt, Assyria shall be his king, because they have refused to repent.

NET Bible
They will return to Egypt! Assyria will rule over them because they refuse to repent!

New Revised Standard Version
They shall return to the land of Egypt, and Assyria shall be their king, because they have refused to return to me.

New Heart English Bible
"They won't return into the land of Egypt; but the Assyrian will be their king, because they refused to repent.

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

World English Bible
“They won’t return into the land of Egypt; but the Assyrian will be their king, because they refused to repent.

Young's Literal Translation
He turneth not back unto the land of Egypt, And Asshur -- he is his king, For they have refused to return.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Out of Egypt I Called my Son
4I led them with cords of kindness, with ropes of love; I lifted the yoke from their necks and bent down to feed them. 5Will they not return to the land of Egypt and be ruled by Assyria because they refused to repent? 6A sword will flash through their cities; it will destroy the bars of their gates and consume them in their own plans.…

Cross References
Deuteronomy 17:16
But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, 'You are never to go back that way again.'

Hosea 7:16
They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.

Hosea 10:6
Yes, it will be carried to Assyria as tribute to the great king. Ephraim will be seized with shame; Israel will be ashamed of its wooden idols.


Treasury of Scripture

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

shall not.

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.

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.

Hosea 9:3,6
They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria…

but.

Hosea 5:13
When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.

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.

2 Kings 15:19,29
And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand…

because.

Hosea 6:1
Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

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…

2 Kings 18:12
Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them.

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Hosea 11
1. The ingratitude of Israel unto God for his benefits.
5. His judgment.
8. God's mercy toward them.
12. Israel's falsehood and Judah's fidelity.














(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.

Verse 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. . . .

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Will they not
לֹ֤א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

return
יָשׁוּב֙ (yā·šūḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the land
אֶ֣רֶץ (’e·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 776: Earth, land

of Egypt
מִצְרַ֔יִם (miṣ·ra·yim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa

and be ruled
מַלְכּ֑וֹ (mal·kōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

by Assyria
וְאַשּׁ֖וּר (wə·’aš·šūr)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 804: Ashshur

because
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

they refused
מֵאֲנ֖וּ (mê·’ă·nū)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3985: To refuse

to repent?
לָשֽׁוּב׃ (lā·šūḇ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again


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