Judgment · Historical judgment oracle

Hosea 9:3-6

Hosea · ~750 BC · Status: Fulfilled · Confidence: 65%

“They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria. They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.”

King James Version · the opening — all 4 verses are below

Northern Israel's exile to Assyria and dispersion, fulfilled in 722 BC when Assyria deported the ten tribes.

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9:3They shall not dwell in the LORD’S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.

9:4They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.

9:5What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the LORD?

9:6For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles.

Fulfillment References

2 Kings 17:6 2 Kings 17:23 Amos 5:27

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