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Assyria

Assyria, also called the Assyrian Empire, was a Mesopotamian kingdom and empire of the Ancient Near East that existed as a state from perhaps as early as the 25th century BCE until its collapse between 612 BCE and 609 BCE; thereby spanning the periods of the Early to Middle Bronze Age through to the late Iron Age.

The Assyrians are a people who have lived in the Middle East since ancient times and today can be found all over the world. In ancient times their civilization was centered at the city of Assur (also called Ashur), the ruins of which are located in what is now northern Iraq.

Ezekiel 31:3 "Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs."

The Assyrian conundrum

Alfred Edersheim associates Assyria with Babylon and the bondage of Egypt.^[1]

Zechariah 10:11 And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.

There seems to be a difference between the Bondage of Egypt and that of Assyria if we look deeper into ourselves and the text.

Hosea 7:11 Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

Back in Hosea 5:13 Ephraim and Judah had a sickness and a wound that could not be healed by Assyria. ^[2] This wound would remain and become worse as a moth eating away and rot increasing^[3] until they acknowledge their offence.^[4]

By Hosea 6 the people are being called to return to the LORD^[5] and the way because their goodness is fleeting^[6] because he desired mercy and not just sacrifice.^[7]

In Hosea 11 we see that the people had engaged to some degree in the error of Balaam^[8] but came from that when called.^[9]

In verse 3 it is stated that Ephraim is taken by the arm. The word Taken in the text is said to be from LamedKufChet לָקַח‎ laqach^[10] said to appear over 900 times in the Old Testament. But the term within the text is KufHeyMem קָחָ֖ם qāḥām which only appears in this one form here in Hosea 11:3 ^[11]

Ephraim was not just taken but taken by the arm. The Hebrew term is from the Hebrew term zara^[12] זָרַע‎ ‘ that can mean "to sow, scatter seed". With numerous different spellings it can mean arm.^[13]

In the text we see the word for arm זְרוֹעַ‎ ZayinReishVavAyin or zerowa^[13] appearing as zərōwōṯāw זְרֽוֹעֹתָ֑יו or ZayinReishVavAyinTav Yod Vav. The addition of "Tav Yod Vav" may have more significance than many translators are willing or able to understand. If we also make note that they are healed but do not know the cause we may ponder that it was not by choice but by circumstance, by a condition brought about by God.

The word for heal is רָפָא‎ ReishPeiAlef or rapha’ ^[14] which within the text appears as רְפָאתִֽים׃ ReishPeiAlefTav Yod Mem or rəp̄āṯîm with its own additional "Tav Yod Mem". While the letters ReishPeiAlef appear over a hundred of times in scriptures this particular spelling of ReishPeiAlefTav Yod Mem only appears in Hosea 11, also.

Hosea 11:11 They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the LORD.

Hosea 12:1 Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.

Hosea 13:1 ¶ When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.

Hosea 14:9 Who [is] wise, and he shall understand these [things]? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD [are] right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

↑ Volume VII, From The Decline Of The Two Kingdoms To The Assyrian And Babylonian Captivity[1]
↑ Hosea 5:13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah [saw] his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.
↑ Hosea 5:12 "Therefore [will] I [be] unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. 13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah [saw] his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound."
↑ Hosea 5:15 "I will go [and] return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early."
↑ Hosea 6:1 ¶ Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
↑ Hosea 6:4 "O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness [is] as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away."
↑ Hosea 6:6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
↑
The way of error
2 Peter 2:15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam [the son] of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

Jude 1:11 "Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. 12 These are spots(not "unspotted" like Pure Religion) in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds [they are] without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;"

Revelation 2:14-17 "But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication ("to permit one’s self to be drawn away by another into idolatry"). 15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate. 16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. 17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth [it]."

Ezekiel 16:49 "Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy."
- The way of the world is the way of Cain and His city-state, the Corban of the Pharisees and the cities of blood, Nimrod and the Nicolaitan, Babylon and Balaam, Sumer and Sodom, Pharaoh and the foolishness of Saul, and more recently FDR and LBJ and all the welfare States who use legal charity which is not The Way of Christ, the Kingdom of God nor the righteousness of God.
↑ Hosea 11:1 "When Israel [was] a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. 2 [As] they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images."
↑ 03947 ^חקל^ laqach LamedKufChet \@law-kakh’\@ a primitive root; v; {See TWOT on 1124} AV-take 747, receive 61, take away 51, fetch 31, bring 25, get 6, take out 6, carry away 5, married 4, buy 3, misc 26; 965
1) to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to take, take in the hand

1a2) to take and carry along

1a3) to take from, take out of, take, carry away, take away

1a4) to take to or for a person, procure, get, take possession of,

select, choose, take in marriage, receive, accept

1a5) to take up or upon, put upon

1a6) to fetch

1a7) to take, lead, conduct

1a8) to take, capture, seize

1a9) to take, carry off

1a10) to take (vengeance)

1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be captured

1b2) to be taken away, be removed

1b3) to be taken, brought unto

1c) (Pual)
1c1) to be taken from or out of

1c2) to be stolen from

1c3) to be taken captive

1c4) to be taken away, be removed

1d) (Hophal)
1d1) to be taken unto, be brought unto

1d2) to be taken out of

1d3) to be taken away

1e) (Hithpael)
1e1) to take hold of oneself

1e2) to flash about (of lightning)
↑ Hosea 11:3 "I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them."
↑ 02232 ^ערז^ zara‘ \@zaw-rah’\@ a primitive root; v; {See TWOT on 582} AV-sow 47, yielding 3, sower 2, bearing 1, conceive 1, seed 1, set 1; 56
1) to sow, scatter seed
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to sow

1a2) producing, yielding seed

1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be sown

1b2) to become pregnant, be made pregnant

1c) (Pual) to be sown

1d) (Hiphil) to produce seed, yield seed
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 02220 זְרוֹעַ‎ zërowa‘ [zer-o’-ah] or (shortened) זרע‎ zëroa‘ [zer-o’-ah] and (fem.) זרועה‎ zërow‘ah [zer-o-aw’] or זרעה‎ zëro‘ah [zer-o-aw’] from 02232 zara‘ sow; n f; [BDB-283b] [{See TWOT on 583 @@ "583a" }] AV-arm 83, power 3, shoulder 2, holpen 1, mighty 1, strength 1; 91
1) arm, forearm, shoulder, strength
1a) arm

1b) arm (as symbol of strength)

1c) forces (political and military)

1d) shoulder (of animal sacrificed)
↑ 07495 רָפָא‎ ReishPeiAlef rapha’ [raw-faw’] or רפה‎ raphah [raw-faw’]a primitive root; v; [BDB-950b] [{See TWOT on 2196 }] AV-heal 57, physician 5, cure 1, repaired 1, misc 3; 67
1) to heal, make healthful
1a) (Qal) to heal
1a1) of God

1a2) healer, physician (of men)

1a3) of hurts of nations involving restored favour (fig)

1a4) of individual distresses (fig)

1b) (Niphal) to be healed
1b1) literal (of persons)

1b2) of water, pottery

1b3) of national hurts (fig)

1b4) of personal distress (fig)

1c) (Piel) to heal
1c1) literal

1c2) of national defects or hurts (fig)

1d) (Hithpael) in order to get healed (infinitive)

[1] Volume VII, From The Decline Of The Two Kingdoms To The Assyrian And Babylonian Captivity[1]

[2] Hosea 5:13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah [saw] his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.

[3] Hosea 5:12 "Therefore [will] I [be] unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. 13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah [saw] his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound."

[4] Hosea 5:15 "I will go [and] return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early."

[5] Hosea 6:1 ¶ Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

[6] Hosea 6:4 "O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness [is] as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away."

[7] Hosea 6:6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

[Errorbn-8] The way of error
2 Peter 2:15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam [the son] of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

Jude 1:11 "Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. 12 These are spots(not "unspotted" like Pure Religion) in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds [they are] without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;"

Revelation 2:14-17 "But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication ("to permit one’s self to be drawn away by another into idolatry"). 15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate. 16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. 17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth [it]."

Ezekiel 16:49 "Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy."

The way of the world is the way of Cain and His city-state, the Corban of the Pharisees and the cities of blood, Nimrod and the Nicolaitan, Babylon and Balaam, Sumer and Sodom, Pharaoh and the foolishness of Saul, and more recently FDR and LBJ and all the welfare States who use legal charity which is not The Way of Christ, the Kingdom of God nor the righteousness of God.

[9] The way of the world is the way of Cain and His city-state, the Corban of the Pharisees and the cities of blood, Nimrod and the Nicolaitan, Babylon and Balaam, Sumer and Sodom, Pharaoh and the foolishness of Saul, and more recently FDR and LBJ and all the welfare States who use legal charity which is not The Way of Christ, the Kingdom of God nor the righteousness of God.

[9] Hosea 11:1 "When Israel [was] a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. 2 [As] they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images."

[laqach-10] 03947 ^חקל^ laqach LamedKufChet \@law-kakh’\@ a primitive root; v; {See TWOT on 1124} AV-take 747, receive 61, take away 51, fetch 31, bring 25, get 6, take out 6, carry away 5, married 4, buy 3, misc 26; 965
1) to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to take, take in the hand

1a2) to take and carry along

1a3) to take from, take out of, take, carry away, take away

1a4) to take to or for a person, procure, get, take possession of,

select, choose, take in marriage, receive, accept

1a5) to take up or upon, put upon

1a6) to fetch

1a7) to take, lead, conduct

1a8) to take, capture, seize

1a9) to take, carry off

1a10) to take (vengeance)

1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be captured

1b2) to be taken away, be removed

1b3) to be taken, brought unto

1c) (Pual)
1c1) to be taken from or out of

1c2) to be stolen from

1c3) to be taken captive

1c4) to be taken away, be removed

1d) (Hophal)
1d1) to be taken unto, be brought unto

1d2) to be taken out of

1d3) to be taken away

1e) (Hithpael)
1e1) to take hold of oneself

1e2) to flash about (of lightning)

[11] Hosea 11:3 "I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them."

[zara-12] 02232 ^ערז^ zara‘ \@zaw-rah’\@ a primitive root; v; {See TWOT on 582} AV-sow 47, yielding 3, sower 2, bearing 1, conceive 1, seed 1, set 1; 56
1) to sow, scatter seed
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to sow

1a2) producing, yielding seed

1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be sown

1b2) to become pregnant, be made pregnant

1c) (Pual) to be sown

1d) (Hiphil) to produce seed, yield seed

[zerowah-13] 13.0 ^13.1 02220 זְרוֹעַ‎ zërowa‘ [zer-o’-ah] or (shortened) זרע‎ zëroa‘ [zer-o’-ah] and (fem.) זרועה‎ zërow‘ah [zer-o-aw’] or זרעה‎ zëro‘ah [zer-o-aw’] from 02232 zara‘ sow; n f; [BDB-283b] [{See TWOT on 583 @@ "583a" }] AV-arm 83, power 3, shoulder 2, holpen 1, mighty 1, strength 1; 91
1) arm, forearm, shoulder, strength
1a) arm

1b) arm (as symbol of strength)

1c) forces (political and military)

1d) shoulder (of animal sacrificed)

[rapha-14] 07495 רָפָא‎ ReishPeiAlef rapha’ [raw-faw’] or רפה‎ raphah [raw-faw’]a primitive root; v; [BDB-950b] [{See TWOT on 2196 }] AV-heal 57, physician 5, cure 1, repaired 1, misc 3; 67
1) to heal, make healthful
1a) (Qal) to heal
1a1) of God

1a2) healer, physician (of men)

1a3) of hurts of nations involving restored favour (fig)

1a4) of individual distresses (fig)

1b) (Niphal) to be healed
1b1) literal (of persons)

1b2) of water, pottery

1b3) of national hurts (fig)

1b4) of personal distress (fig)

1c) (Piel) to heal
1c1) literal

1c2) of national defects or hurts (fig)

1d) (Hithpael) in order to get healed (infinitive)

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 There seems to be a difference between the [[Bondage of Egypt]] and that of [[Assyria]] if we look deeper into  ourselves and the text.
-* [[Hosea 7]]:11  Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
+* [[Hosea 7]]:11  Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to [[Egypt]], they go to [[Assyria]].
-Back in [[Hosea 5]]:13  Ephraim and Judah had a ''sickness'' and a ''wound'' that could not be healed by [[Assyria]]. <Ref>[[Hosea 5]]:13  When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah [saw] his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.</Ref> This wound would remain and become worse as a moth eating away and rot increasing<Ref>Hosea 5:12  "Therefore [will] I [be] unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. 13  When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah [saw] his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound."</Ref> until they ''acknowledge their offence''.<Ref>[[Hosea 5]]:15  "I will go [and] return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early."</Ref>
+Back in [[Hosea 5]]:13  Ephraim and Judah had a ''sickness'' and a ''wound'' that could not be healed by [[Assyria]]. <Ref>[[Hosea 5]]:13  When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah [saw] his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.</Ref> This wound would remain and become worse as a moth eating away and rot increasing<Ref>[[Hosea 5]]:12  "Therefore [will] I [be] unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. 13  When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah [saw] his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound."</Ref> until they ''acknowledge their offence''.<Ref>[[Hosea 5]]:15  "I will go [and] return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early."</Ref>
-By [[Hosea 6]] the people are being called to return to the [[LORD]]<Ref></Ref> and [[the way]] because their goodness is fleeting<Ref>[[Hosea 6]]:4 "O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness [is] as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away."</Ref> because he desired mercy and not just sacrifice.<Ref>Hosea 6:6  For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.</Ref>
+By [[Hosea 6]] the people are being called to return to the [[LORD]]<Ref>[[Hosea 6]]:1 ¶  Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.</Ref> and [[the way]] because their goodness is fleeting<Ref>[[Hosea 6]]:4 "O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness [is] as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away."</Ref> because he desired mercy and not just sacrifice.<Ref>Hosea 6:6  For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.</Ref>
 In [[Hosea 11]] we see that the people had engaged to some degree in the error of [[Balaam]]<Ref name="Errorbn">{{Errorbn}}</Ref> but came from that when called.<Ref>[[Hosea 11]]:1 "When Israel [was] a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. 2  [As] they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto [[Baalim]], and burned [[incense]] to [[graven images]]."</Ref>
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-Hosea 11:11  They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the LORD.
+Hosea 11:11  They shall tremble as a bird out of [[Egypt]], and as a dove out of the land of [[Assyria]]: and I will place them in their houses, saith the LORD.
 Hosea 12:1  Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
-Hosea 13:1 ¶  When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.
+Hosea 13:1 ¶  When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in [[Baal]], he died.
 Hosea 14:9  Who [is] wise, and he shall understand these [things]? prudent, and he shall know them? for [[the way]]s of the LORD [are] right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

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