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He will return[a] to the land of Egypt,
    and Assyria will be his king,[b]
    because they refused to return.
The sword rages in his cities;
    it consumes his false prophets
and devours because of their plans.
    My people are bent on backsliding from me.
To the Most High they call,
    he does not raise them at all.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 11:5 Or “They will not return”
  2. Hosea 11:5 That is “Israel’s king”