Book of Hosea Chapter 9 Vs. 6

 The Lord Will Punish Israel

For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles. Hos. 9:6

Egypt shall gather... Some fled to Egypt for protection, but there they died (Eze. 29:5).

Memphis shall bury... An ancient capital of Egypt known for its tombs and pyramids.

the pleasant places... Nettles and thorns would grow up in the sure places and homes of Israel, for the destruction was to be complete.

The world is not interested in continuing the worship in the temple. The temple and the temple grounds will grow up with weeds. The captors have no special desire to keep the temple grounds nice and pretty. They did not regard the God of the Israelite's. Those of Israel, themselves, would be carried captive into a foreign land, far away from their temple.

For lo, they shall be gone forth from destruction, the shock and invasion of their land, only "that Egypt may gather them in, Memphis give them sepulcher, nettles inherit their jewels of silver, thorns come up in their tents. The threat of exile still wavers between Assyria and Egypt. And in Egypt Memphis is chosen as the destined grave of Israel; for even then her Pyramids and mausoleums were ancient and renowned, her vaults and sepulchers were countless and spacious.

But what need is there to seek the future for Israel’s doom, when already this is being fulfilled by the corruption of her spiritual leaders?

Destruction would sweep over the land (cf. Hos. 7:13; 10:14). Those who happened to escape the sword of the invading army would face exile. The reference to Egypt probably has the same meaning as in preceding verses (cf. see Hos. 8:13; and see Hos. 9:3). Memphis, about 20 miles south of modern Cairo, was famous as a burial place. Here it symbolizes the ultimate destination of the exiles - a foreign graveyard. Few would ever return to their homeland (cf. Jer. 44:1-14). Meanwhile back in Israel the exiles’ possessions (treasures of silver) and homes (tents) would lie in ruins and would be overgrown by briers and thorns (cf. Hos. 10:8).