Hosea 9:3-6
“They shall not dwell in the LORD's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.”
King James Version
Northern Israel's exile to Assyria and dispersion, fulfilled in 722 BC when Assyria deported the ten tribes.
Fulfillment References
2 Kings 17:6 2 Kings 17:23 Amos 5:27
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