Hosea 11:6

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

Key Reflection

Hosea 11:6 speaks to Israel's persistent disobedience and God's ongoing sovereignty over them. The verse warns that despite refusing to repent, the people of Israel will not return to Egypt, instead being ruled by Assyria—a consequence of their continued rebellion. This prophecy reflects a broader pattern in Hosea’s message, where God contrasts His faithful love with Israel's continual apostasy, emphasizing both divine judgment and eventual redemption.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

And the sword shall abide on his cities -Literally, “shall light, shall whirl” down upon. It shall come with violence upon them as a thing whirled with force, and then it shall alight and abide, to their destruction; as Jeremiah says, “a whirlwind of the Lord is gone forth in fury, a grievous whirlwind; it shall fall grievously (literally, whirl down) on the head of the wicked”Jeremiah 23:19. As God said to David, after the murder of Uriah, “Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thy house”2 Samuel 12:10, so as to Israel, whose kings were inaugurated by bloodshed.

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