Hosea 11:5

5 They shall return to the land of Egypt, and Assyria shall be their king, because they have refused to return to me.

Hosea 11:5 In-Context

3 Yet it was I who taught E'phraim to walk, I took them up in my arms; but they did not know that I healed them.
4 I led them with cords of compassion, with the bands of love, and I became to them as one, who eases the yoke on their jaws, and I bent down to them and fed them.
5 They shall return to the land of Egypt, and Assyria shall be their king, because they have refused to return to me.
6 The sword shall rage against their cities, consume the bars of their gates, and devour them in their fortresses.
7 My people are bent on turning away from me; so they are appointed to the yoke, and none shall remove it.
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