King James Version
Hosea 11:5 in the King James Version says “He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.” — study this verse from Hosea chapter 11 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.”
Hosea 11:5 · KJV
I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.
I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them. take off: Heb. lift up
He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but 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. none: Heb. together they exalted not
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“He shall not return”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
“but the Assyrian”
H804ashshur, the second son of shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e., assyria), its region and its empire
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“He shall not return”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
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