Hosea 8:3
Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
Hosea 8:3 in other translations
| BSB | But Israel has rejected good; an enemy will pursue him. |
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| WEB | Israel has cast off that which is good. The enemy will pursue him. |
| ASV | Israel hath cast off that which is good: the enemy shall pursue him. |
| YLT | Cast off good hath Israel, an enemy pursueth him. |
| DARBY | Israel hath cast off good: the enemy shall pursue him. |
| BBE | Israel has given up what is good; his haters will go after him. |
| Webster | Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him. |
What does Hosea 8:3 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Hosea 8:1-4
Destruction threatened for the impiety of Israel. (Hos. 8:1-4) For their idolatry. (Hos. 8:5-10) Further threatenings for the same sins. (Hos. 8:11-14) Verses 1-4 When Israel was hard pressed, they would claim protection from God, but this would be disregarded. What stead will it stand in to say, My God, I know thee, if we cannot say, My God, I love thee, serve thee, and cleave to thee only?
Hosea 8:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Hosea 8:3
- Lamentations 3:66
Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the Lord.
- Psalms 81:10-11
I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
- Amos 1:11
Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:
- Lamentations 4:19
Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
- Psalms 36:3
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
- Deuteronomy 28:25
The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
- Leviticus 26:36
And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
- 1 Timothy 5:12
Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.
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Context
- Hosea 8:2
Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.
- Hosea 8:3
Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
- Hosea 8:4
They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
Hosea 8:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Israel desamparó el bien: enemigo lo perseguirá. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Israël a rejeté le bien, l’ennemi le poursuivra. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Israel hat das Gute verworfen: der Feind verfolge es! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Projecit Israël bonum: inimicus persequetur eum. |