Hosea 11:11

Hosea 11:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)They will come from Egypt, trembling like sparrows, from Assyria, fluttering like doves. I will settle them in their homes,” declares the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They shall come trembling like a bird from Egypt, Like a dove from the land of Assyria. And I will let them dwell in their houses,” Says the Lord.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Like a flock of birds, they will come from Egypt. Trembling like doves, they will return from Assyria. And I will bring them home again,” says the Lord.

Context of Hosea 11:11

9I will not execute my burning anger; I will not again destroy Ephraim; for I am God and not a man, the Holy One in your midst, and I will not come in wrath. 10They shall go after the Lord; he will roar like a lion; when he roars, his children shall come trembling from the west; they shall come trembling like birds from Egypt, and like doves from the land of Assyria, and I will return them to their homes, declares the Lord. 12Ephraim has surrounded me with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit, but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.

Hosea 11:11 word by word

יֶחֶרְד֤וּ כְצִפּוֹר֙ מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם וּכְיוֹנָ֖ה מֵאֶ֣רֶץ אַשּׁ֑וּר וְהוֹשַׁבְתִּ֥ים עַל־בָּתֵּיהֶ֖ם נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• They shall trembleחָרַדchârad · to trembleH2729
• as a birdצִפּוֹרtsippôr tsippôr · birdH6833
• out of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• and as a doveיוֹנָהyônâh · doveH3123
• out of the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of Assyriaאַשּׁוּר'ashshûr 'ashshûr · AssyriaH804
• and I will placeיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• them in their housesבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Hosea 11:11

• Hosea 3:5Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the Lord their God, and David their king, and they shall come in fear to the Lord and to his goodness in the latter days.
• Hosea 9:3They shall not remain in the land of the Lord, but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.
• Isaiah 11:11In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.
• Zechariah 10:10I will bring them home from the land of Egypt, and gather them from Assyria, and I will bring them to the land of Gilead and to Lebanon, till there is no room for them.
• Hosea 7:11Ephraim is like a dove, silly and without sense, calling to Egypt, going to Assyria.
• Isaiah 60:8Who are these that fly like a cloud, and like doves to their windows?
• Jeremiah 31:12They shall come and sing aloud on the height of Zion, and they shall be radiant over the goodness of the Lord, over the grain, the wine, and the oil, and over the young of the flock and the herd; their life shall be like a watered garden, and they shall languish no more.
• Ezekiel 28:25"Thus says the Lord God: When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and manifest my holiness in them in the sight of the nations, then they shall dwell in their own land that I gave to my servant Jacob.
• Ezekiel 36:33"Thus says the Lord God: On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places shall be rebuilt.
• Ezekiel 37:21then say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will take the people of Israel from the nations among which they have gone, and will gather them from all around, and bring them to their own land.
• Amos 9:14I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel, and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine, and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit.
• Obadiah 1:17But in Mount Zion there shall be those who escape, and it shall be holy, and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions.

Commentaries on Hosea 11:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11They shall tremble as a bird - Those of them that are in Egypt shall also be called thence, and shall speed hither as a bird. Those in Assyria shall also be called to return, and they shall flee as doves to their windows. All shall, in the fullness of time, return to their own land. And, I will place them in their houses, saith the Lord - They shall have their temple once more, and all their holy ordinances.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt - The West denoted Europe; Egypt and Assyria stand, each for all the lands beyond them, and so for Africa and Asia; all together comprise the three quarters of the world, from where converts have chiefly come to Christ. These are likened to birds, chiefly for the swiftness with which they shall then haste to the call of God, who now turned away the more, the more they were called. The dove, especially, was a bird…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-12Verses 8-12 God is slow to anger, and is loth to abandon a people to utter ruin, who have been called by his name. When God was to give a sacrifice for sin, and a Saviour for sinners, he spared not his own Son, that he might spare us. This is the language of the day of his patience; but when men sin that away, then the great day of his wrath comes. Man's compassions are nothing in comparison with the tender mercies of our God, whose thoughts and ways, in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-11Israel’s sin would not be the final word. God, in his holy love, would roar like a lion (see Amos 1:2; 3:8) to call his people home from exile in Babylon.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. tremble--flutter in haste. dove--no longer "a silly dove" (Ho 7:11), but as "doves flying to their windows" (Is 60:8). in their houses--(Eze 28:26). Literally, "upon," for the Orientals live almost as much upon their flat-roofed houses as in them.Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 11:11

• Assyria
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

In the dictionaries

• Assyria
• Egypt
• Bird
• Cord
• Repenting
• Dove
• 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