He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.
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Gill's Exposition
He shall not return into the land of Egypt,.... Ephraim or Israel, the ten tribes: and the Septuagint and Arabic versions express them by name, though they give a wrong sense of the words, rendering…
Barnes' Notes
He 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),…
Adam Clarke
He 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…
Here we find,
I. God very gracious to Israel. They were a people for whom he had done more than for any people under heaven, and to whom he had given more, which they are here, I will not say…
Cambridge Bible
He shall not return into the land of Egypt This however is pointless; why should Egypt be mentioned except as the land of bondage? It is also inconsistent with the statements in Hos 8:13; Hos 9:3; Hos…
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