“Will they not return to Egypt(A)
    and will not Assyria(B) rule over them
    because they refuse to repent?(C)
A sword(D) will flash in their cities;
    it will devour(E) their false prophets
    and put an end to their plans.
My people are determined to turn(F) from me.(G)
    Even though they call me God Most High,
    I will by no means exalt them.

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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.

And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.

And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.

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(A)They shall not[a] return to the land of Egypt,
    but (B)Assyria shall be their king,
    (C)because (D)they have refused to return to me.
(E)The sword shall rage against their cities,
    consume the bars of their gates,
    and devour them (F)because of their own counsels.
My people are bent (G)on turning away from me,
    and though (H)they call out to the Most High,
    he shall not raise them up at all.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 11:5 Or surely

But my people shall return to Egypt and Assyria because they won’t return to me.

“War will swirl through their cities; their enemies will crash through their gates and trap them in their own fortresses. For my people are determined to desert me. And so I have sentenced them to slavery, and no one shall set them free.

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