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Hosea 11:5

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KJV ORIGINAL

He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

They won't go back to Egypt, but Assyria's going to rule over them instead — all because they refused to come back to me.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

When you keep running from God, you end up somewhere you really don't want to be.

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