They shall not dwell in the Lord's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, which is here once more representative of the land of bondage, the name standing for any kind of captivity, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria, which to them was the real land of the exile. Their food in the land of their captivity would be unclean because it would no longer be sanctified by the sacrifice of the first-fruits during the Feast of the Unleavened Bread.

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