Hosea 9:3
They shall not dwell in the Lord’s land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.
Cross-references
Hosea 9:6 elaborates on the exile: Egypt gathers them and buries them — detailing the judgment declared in verse 3.
Hosea 9:15 declares God will drive them out of His house, echoing the expulsion from the land in this verse.
Hosea 11:11 promises restoration from Egypt and Assyria — reversing the exile and defilement threatened here.
Hosea 7:11 similarly shows Ephraim's foolish reliance on Egypt and Assyria, prefiguring the exile judgment here.
1 Kings 9:7 warns of being cut off from the land — the same fate Hosea declares for Ephraim's exile to Assyria.
Ezekiel 4:13 describes eating unclean bread among the nations — the same defilement in exile foretold here.
Jeremiah 16:18 speaks of polluting the land and being repaid — Hosea's exile to unclean places is that repayment.
Jeremiah 2:7 describes defiling the land God gave — Hosea shows the consequence: exile and eating unclean food in Assyria.
Leviticus 18:28 warns that the land will vomit out those who defile it — the same principle behind Israel's exile in Hosea 9:3.
2 Kings 17:6 records the Assyrian exile — the historical actualization of the judgment described here.
Joshua 23:15 warns of destruction from the land for covenant breaking — Hosea shows this curse coming true.
Deuteronomy 28:68 promises return to Egypt as a curse — the same judgment threatened here in Hosea.
Deuteronomy 28:63 promises being plucked off the land — the covenant curse Hosea declares is now enacted on Ephraim.
Deuteronomy 4:26 warns of perishing from the land for disobedience — the same covenant curse Hosea applies here to Ephraim's exile.
Leviticus 20:22 repeats the warning: keep God's statutes so the land does not vomit you out — exactly what happens to Ephraim here.
Isaiah 27:13 shows the future return from Egypt and Assyria — the reverse of Hosea 9:3's exile to those same lands.
Amos 7:17 directly parallels exile to an unclean land, reinforcing the defilement and displacement theme.
Jeremiah 7:15 cites the casting out of Ephraim (northern kingdom) as a precedent — the very exile Hosea 9:3 warned about.
2 Kings 18:11 details the deportation of Israel to Assyria — exact outcome of Hosea 9:3's warning.
2 Kings 17:18 records the historical exile of Israel to Assyria — the very event Hosea 9:3 prophesies.
Lamentations 5:6 describes Judah's submission to Egypt and Assyria for food — matching Hosea 9:3's scenario of eating unclean food in exile.
Daniel 1:8 shows a faithful response to unclean food in exile — while Hosea predicts they will eat it as judgment.
Numbers 35:34 grounds the land's holiness in God's presence — exile from it, as Hosea 9:3 predicts, means losing that sacred dwelling.
Leviticus 25:23 declares the land belongs to God — this is the theological basis for Hosea's claim that Israel cannot remain there.
Micah 2:10 calls for departure from the land due to uncleanness — Hosea similarly describes exile and eating unclean food.