Hosea 8:3 “But Israel has rejected good; an enemy will pursue him.”

Hosea 8:3

But Israel has rejected good; an enemy will pursue him.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.

World English Bible

Israel has cast off that which is good. The enemy will pursue him.

American Standard Version

Israel hath cast off that which is good: the enemy shall pursue him.

Geneva Bible 1599

Israel hath cast off ye thing that is good: the enemie shall pursue him.

Darby Translation

Israel hath cast off good: the enemy shall pursue him.

Young's Literal Translation

Cast off good hath Israel, an enemy pursueth him.

Bible in Basic English

Israel has given up what is good; his haters will go after him.

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Cross references

“cast”

Amos 1:11 Psalm 36:3 1 Timothy 5:12 Psalm 81:10 Psalm 81:11

Amos 1:11 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged continually, and his fury…

Psalm 36:3 · BSB

The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.

1 Timothy 5:12 · BSB

and thus will incur judgment because they are setting aside their first faith.

Psalm 81:10 · BSB

I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.

Psalm 81:11 · BSB

But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.

“the enemy”

Lamentations 3:66 Leviticus 26:36 Deuteronomy 28:25 Lamentations 4:19

Lamentations 3:66 · BSB

You will pursue them in anger and exterminate them from under Your heavens, O LORD.

Leviticus 26:36 · BSB

As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and…

Deuteronomy 28:25 · BSB

The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

Lamentations 4:19 · BSB

Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Israel cries out to Me, “O our God, we know You!”

4They set up kings, but not by Me. They make princes, but without My approval. With their silver and gold they make themselves idols, to their own destruction.

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