Matthew Poole and continuators on Hosea 9:3

3 They shall not dwell in the LORDs land : but Ephraim shall return to Egypt , and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria .

Who worship Idols, and give my glory to them, depending on them, and ascribing to them what I alone give them.

Though they have been in possession many years, and though now they seem out of fear of losing it, being great at home and in peace with neighbours abroad, yet in midst of this prosperity and security, let them note it, they shall not much longer dwell in the Lords Land, which God gave them according to promise, with express condition that they should obey him and fear him, and him onely, Deut. 6.2, 3. and with express menace of Exile and ruine if they forgat God, Deut. 8.19, 20. This land which is the Lords propriety, and theirs onely on condition, and this condition broken, shall be their possession no longer.

Many of Ephraim, for 'tis not meant of all or the most part, but of the more timorous, wary, and who consult their safety before-hand many shall fly into Egypt, and shift out of the Enemies reach. So again ver. 6.

The residue who fly not into Egypt, shall be carried captives, and in Assyria be forced to eat forbidden meats, called here unclean, such polluted the eater.

Marginal references: chap. [illegible: 2 letters]; Eze[illegible: 1 letter] ▪ Dan. 1.[illegible: 1 letter]