Hosea 11:5

Hosea 11:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.
• New International Version (NIV)“Will they not return to Egypt and will not Assyria rule over them because they refuse to repent?
• English Standard Version (ESV)They shall not return to the land of Egypt, but Assyria shall be their king, because they have refused to return to me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“He shall not return to the land of Egypt; But the Assyrian shall be his king, Because they refused to repent.

Context of Hosea 11:5

3It was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them by the hand, but they never knew that I healed them. 4I led them with human cords, with ropes of love. To them I was like one who eases the yoke from their jaws; I bent down to give them food. Israel will not return to the land of Egypt and Assyria will be his king, because they refused to repent. 6A sword will whirl through his cities; it will destroy and devour the bars of his gates, because of their schemes. 7My people are bent on turning from me. Though they call to him on high, he will not exalt them at all.

Hosea 11:5 word by word

לֹ֤א יָשׁוּב֙ אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם וְאַשּׁ֖וּר ה֣וּא מַלְכּ֑וֹ כִּ֥י מֵאֲנ֖וּ לָשֽׁוּב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He shall not returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• into the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• but the Assyrianאַשּׁוּר'ashshûr 'ashshûr · AssyriaH804
• shall be his kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• because they refusedמָאֵןmâ'ên · to refuseH3985
• to returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: repentH7725

Cross-references for Hosea 11:5

• Hosea 7:16They turn, but not to what is above; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword because of their insolent tongue. They will be ridiculed for this in the land of Egypt.
• Hosea 8:13Though they offer sacrificial gifts and eat the flesh, the Lord does not accept them. Now he will remember their guilt and punish their sins; they will return to Egypt.
• Hosea 9:3They will not stay in the land of the Lord. Instead, Ephraim will return to Egypt, and they will eat unclean food in Assyria.
• Hosea 5:13When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, Ephraim went to Assyria and sent a delegation to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.
• Hosea 10:6The calf itself will be taken to Assyria as an offering to the great king. Ephraim will experience shame; Israel will be ashamed of its counsel.
• 2 Kings 15:19King Pul of Assyria invaded the land, so Menahem gave Pul seventy-five thousand pounds of silver so that Pul would support him to strengthen his grasp on the kingdom.
• 2 Kings 17:3King Shalmaneser of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.
• 2 Kings 18:11The king of Assyria deported the Israelites to Assyria and put them in Halah, along the Habor (Gozan’s river), and in the cities of the Medes,
• Isaiah 8:6Because these people rejected the slowly flowing water of Shiloah and rejoiced with Rezin and the son of Remaliah,
• Amos 5:27So I will send you into exile beyond Damascus.” The Lord, the God of Armies, is his name. He has spoken.
• Hosea 6:1Come, let’s return to the Lord. For he has torn us, and he will heal us; he has wounded us, and he will bind up our wounds.
• 2 Kings 17:13Still, the Lord warned Israel and Judah through every prophet and every seer, saying, “Turn from your evil ways and keep my commands and statutes according to the whole law I commanded your ancestors and sent to you through my servants the prophets.”
• 2 Kings 18:12because they did not listen to the Lord their God but violated his covenant — all he had commanded Moses the servant of the Lord. They did not listen, and they did not obey.
• Jeremiah 8:4“You are to say to them: This is what the Lord says: Do people fall and not get up again? If they turn away, do they not return?
• Amos 4:6I gave you absolutely nothing to eat in all your cities, a shortage of food in all your communities, yet you did not return to me. This is the Lord’s declaration.
• Zechariah 1:4Do not be like your ancestors; the earlier prophets proclaimed to them: This is what the Lord of Armies says: Turn from your evil ways and your evil deeds. But they did not listen or pay attention to me — this is the Lord’s declaration.

Commentaries on Hosea 11:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5He shall not return into - Egypt - I have brought them thence already, with the design that the nation should never return thither again; but as they have sinned, and forfeited my favor and protection, they shall go to Assyria; and this because they refused to return to me. This view of the verse removes every difficulty.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5He shall not return to Egypt - Some had probably returned already to Egypt; the rest were looking to Egypt for help, and rebelling against the Assyrian, (whose servant their king Hoshea had become), and making alliance with So king of Egypt. The prophet tells them, as a whole, that they shall not return to Egypt to which they looked, but should have the Assyrian for their king, whom they would not. “They refused to return” to God, who lovingly called…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-7Since the Israelites refused to return to the Lord, they would go back to Egypt and serve Assyria. Their past slavery in Egypt symbolized their future exile in Assyria.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. He shall not return into ... Egypt--namely, to seek help against Assyria (compare Ho 7:11), as Israel lately had done (2Ki 17:4), after having revolted from Assyria, to whom they had been tributary from the times of Menahem (2Ki 15:19). In a figurative sense, "he shall return to Egypt" (Ho 9:3), that is, to Egypt-like bondage; also many Jewish fugitives were literally to return to Egypt, when the Holy Land was to be in Assyrian and Chaldean hands…Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 11:5

• Assyria
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• Assyria, Assyrian, Assyrian Empire
• Egypt, Egyptian
• Cord
• Repenting
• Hosea
• Zechariah, Book of

Commentaries on Hosea 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings