Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They will not remain in the LORD’s land; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria. New Living Translation You may no longer stay here in the LORD’s land. Instead, you will return to Egypt, and in Assyria you will eat food that is ceremonially unclean. English Standard Version They shall not remain in the land of the LORD, but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria. Berean Standard Bible They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria. King James Bible They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria. New King James Version They shall not dwell in the LORD’s land, But Ephraim shall return to Egypt, And shall eat unclean things in Assyria. New American Standard Bible They will not remain in the LORD’S land, But Ephraim will return to Egypt, And in Assyria they will eat unclean food. NASB 1995 They will not remain in the LORD’S land, But Ephraim will return to Egypt, And in Assyria they will eat unclean food. NASB 1977 They will not remain in the LORD’s land, But Ephraim will return to Egypt, And in Assyria they will eat unclean food. Legacy Standard Bible They will not remain in the land of Yahweh, But Ephraim will return to Egypt, And in Assyria they will eat unclean food. Amplified Bible They will not remain in the land of the LORD, But Ephraim will return to [another] Egypt [in bondage] And they will eat [ceremonially] unclean food in Assyria. Christian Standard Bible They will not stay in the land of the LORD. Instead, Ephraim will return to Egypt, and they will eat unclean food in Assyria. Holman Christian Standard Bible They will not stay in the land of the LORD. Instead, Ephraim will return to Egypt, and they will eat unclean food in Assyria. American Standard Version They shall not dwell in Jehovah's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria. Aramaic Bible in Plain English They shall not dwell in the land of LORD JEHOVAH, but Aphreim shall return to Egypt, and in Assyria they shall eat defilement Brenton Septuagint Translation They dwelt not in the Lord's land: Ephraim dwelt in Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things among the Assyrians. Contemporary English Version and you will have to leave the land of the LORD. Some of you will go to Egypt; others will go to Assyria and eat unclean food. Douay-Rheims Bible They shall not dwell in the Lord's land: Ephraim is returned to Egypt, and hath eaten unclean things among the Assyrians. English Revised Version They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria. GOD'S WORD® Translation The people of Ephraim won't stay in the LORD's land. They will return to Egypt, and they will eat unclean food in Assyria. Good News Translation The people of Israel will not remain in the LORD's land, but will have to go back to Egypt and will have to eat forbidden food in Assyria. International Standard Version They will not live in the LORD's land— Ephraim will return to Egypt, and they will eat unclean food in Assyria. JPS Tanakh 1917 They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; But Ephraim shall return to Egypt, And they shall eat unclean food in Assyria. Literal Standard Version They do not abide in the land of YHWH, | And Ephraim has turned back [to] Egypt, | And they eat an unclean thing in Asshur. Majority Standard Bible They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria. New American Bible They will not dwell in the LORD’s land; Ephraim will return to Egypt, and in Assyria they will eat unclean food. NET Bible They will not remain in the LORD's land. Ephraim will return to Egypt; they will eat ritually unclean food in Assyria. New Revised Standard Version They shall not remain in the land of the LORD; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and in Assyria they shall eat unclean food. New Heart English Bible They won't dwell in the LORD's land; but Ephraim will return to Egypt, and they will eat unclean food in Assyria. Webster's Bible Translation They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria. World English Bible They won’t dwell in Yahweh’s land; but Ephraim will return to Egypt, and they will eat unclean food in Assyria. Young's Literal Translation They do not abide in the land of Jehovah, And turned back hath Ephraim to Egypt, And in Asshur an unclean thing they eat. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Hosea Announces Israel's Punishment…2The threshing floor and winepress will not feed them, and the new wine will fail them. 3They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria. 4They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him, but will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat will be defiled. For their bread will be for themselves; it will not enter the house of the LORD.… Cross References Leviticus 25:23 The land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me. Jeremiah 2:7 I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but you came and defiled My land, and made My inheritance detestable. Lamentations 5:6 We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread. Ezekiel 4:13 Then the LORD said, "This is how the Israelites will eat their defiled bread among the nations to which I will banish them." Daniel 1:8 But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the king's food or wine. So he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself. Hosea 7:11 So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove--calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria. 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. Treasury of Scripture They shall not dwell in the LORD's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria. shall not. Leviticus 18:28 That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you. Leviticus 20:22 Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out. Deuteronomy 4:26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed. the Lord's. Leviticus 25:23 The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me. Jeremiah 2:7 And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination. Jeremiah 16:18 And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things. but. Hosea 9:6 For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles. 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 11:5 He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return. Ezekiel 4:13 And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them. Daniel 1:8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. Acts 10:14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. in Assyria. Hosea 11:11 They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the LORD. 2 Kings 17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. Jump to Previous Abide Asshur Assyria Dwell Eat Egypt Ephraim E'phraim Food Jehovah's LORD's Resting-Place Turned Unclean Won'tJump to Next Abide Asshur Assyria Dwell Eat Egypt Ephraim E'phraim Food Jehovah's LORD's Resting-Place Turned Unclean Won'tHosea 9 1. The distress and captivity of Israel for their sins.(3, 4) Canaan, the land of Jehovah, is holy, Assyria unholy (Amos 7:17), where there was no temple or sacred ordinances. Since meat was not a divinely sanctioned food, except in connection with a Jehovah festival, it became in the land of exile unclean. This became true in the eyes of Hosea of all eating. "In the family every feast was a Eucharistic sacrifice" (W. R. Smith, Old Testament in the Jewish Church, pp. 235 and 237). (Comp. Ezekiel 4:13.)Verse 3. - They shall not dwell in the Lord's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria. The Lord's land was Canaan, which Jehovah chose to dwell there by visible symbol of the Shechinah-glory, and which he gave to Israel as his people. Israel expected to have it for a permanent place of abode, but that hope was frustrated by their sin. The remaining clauses of the verse may be understood either (1) that Ephraim would return to Egypt to obtain anxiliaries, but to no purpose, - for they would be carried away captive and be compelled to eat unclean things in the land of Assyria; or (2) the prophet threatens that some of them would go as exiles into Egypt, and others of them into Assyria This latter explanation is much to be preferred; while with regard to Egypt the threats, ring thus understood would re-echo an crier prophecy in Deuteronomy 28:68, "The Lord shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you." In Assyria also they would be obliged to cat things ceremonially unclean, as it would be impossible to conform to the requirements of the Law, according to which the eating of certain animals was prohibited. There is yet (3) another interpretation, which takes Assyria to be the place of exile, while Egypt figuratively represents the condition of that exile, namely, a state of hard bondage and sore oppression, such as Israel endured in Egypt in the days of yore. Hebrew They will notלֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no remain יֵשְׁב֖וּ (yê·šə·ḇū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry in the land בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (bə·’e·reṣ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 776: Earth, land of the LORD; יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3069: YHWH Ephraim אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ (’ep̄·ra·yim) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 669: Ephraim -- a son of Joseph, also his descendants and their territory will return וְשָׁ֤ב (wə·šāḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again to 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 eat יֹאכֵֽלוּ׃ (yō·ḵê·lū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 398: To eat unclean food טָמֵ֥א (ṭā·mê) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 2931: Unclean in Assyria. וּבְאַשּׁ֖וּר (ū·ḇə·’aš·šūr) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 804: Ashshur Links Hosea 9:3 NIVHosea 9:3 NLT Hosea 9:3 ESV Hosea 9:3 NASB Hosea 9:3 KJV Hosea 9:3 BibleApps.com Hosea 9:3 Biblia Paralela Hosea 9:3 Chinese Bible Hosea 9:3 French Bible Hosea 9:3 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Hosea 9:3 They won't dwell in Yahweh's land (Ho Hs Hos.) |
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