Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Hosea 9:3 in English Standard Version "They shall not remain in the land of the Lord, but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria." Le 25:23 “The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine. For you are strangers and sojourners with me. Jer 2:7 And I brought you into a plentiful land to enjoy its fruits and its good things. But when you came in, you defiled my land and made my heritage an abomination. Jer 16:18 But first I will doubly repay their iniquity and their sin, because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and have filled my inheritance with their abominations.” Eze 4:13 And the Lord said, “Thus shall the people of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations where I will drive them.” Da 1:8 But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king’s food, or with the wine that he drank. Therefore he asked the chief of the eunuchs to allow him not to defile himself. Ho 8:13 As for my sacrificial offerings, they sacrifice meat and eat it, but the Lord does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins; they shall return to Egypt.