Verse 11
"They shall come trembling as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria; and I will make them to dwell in their houses, saith Jehovah."
"Nothing is said here of their returning to Palestine."[22] The dwelling in "their houses" is used as a metaphor of the blessings in the kingdom of Christ. Keil and others who referred this to a literal return to Palestine are undoubtedly mistaken. "This mercy of God which the prophet foresees is fulfilled in Christ."[23] The physical facts of the situation force this interpretation, because Assyria no longer exists; and we cannot take the "return from Assyria" as figurative, and the entering into their houses as literal.
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