Hosea 8:3

Hosea 8:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
• New International Version (NIV)But Israel has rejected what is good; an enemy will pursue him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Israel has spurned the good; the enemy shall pursue him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Israel has rejected the good; The enemy will pursue him.

Context of Hosea 8:3

1Set the trumpet to your lips [announcing impending judgment]! Like a [great] vulture the enemy comes against the house of the Lord, Because they have broken My covenant And transgressed and rebelled against My law. 2Then they will cry out to Me, “My God, we of Israel know You!” Israel has rejected the good; The enemy shall pursue him. 4They set up kings, but not from Me [therefore without My blessing]; They have appointed princes, but I did not know it. With their silver and their gold they made idols for themselves, That they might be cut off. 5He has rejected your [pagan] calf, O Samaria, saying, “My wrath burns against them.” How long will they be incapable of innocence?

Hosea 8:3 word by word

זָנַ֥ח יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל ט֑וֹב אוֹיֵ֖ב יִרְדְּֽפוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• hath cast offזָנַחzânach · to rejectH2186
• goodטוֹבţôb · goodH2896
• the enemyאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• shall pursueרָדַףrâdaph · to pursueH7291

Cross-references for Hosea 8:3

• Psalms 36:3The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
• Psalms 81:10I am the Lord your God, Who brought you up from the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.
• Amos 1:11Thus says the Lord, “For three transgressions of Edom [the descendants of Esau] and for four (multiplied delinquencies) I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it, Because he pursued his brother Jacob (Israel) with the sword, Corrupting and stifling his compassions and casting off all mercy; His destructive anger raged continually, And he maintained [and nurtured] his wrath forever.
• 1 Timothy 5:12and so they incur condemnation for having set aside their previous pledge.
• Leviticus 26:36As for those who are left of you, I will bring despair (lack of courage, weakness) into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; the sound of a scattered leaf will put them to flight, and they will flee as if [running] from the sword, and will fall even when no one is chasing them.
• Deuteronomy 28:25“The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies; you will go out against them one way, but flee before them seven ways, and you will be an example of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth [when they see your destruction].
• Lamentations 3:66You will pursue them in anger and destroy them From under the heavens of the Lord.
• Lamentations 4:19Our pursuers were swifter Than the eagles of the sky; They pursued us on the mountains, They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness.

Commentaries on Hosea 8:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Israel has cast off the thing that is good - Or (since the word means “to cast off with abhorrence” “Israel hath east off and abhorred Good,” both “Him who is Good” and “that which is good.” The word “tob” includes both. They rejected good in rejecting God, “Who is simply, supremely, wholly, universally good, and good to all, the Author and Fountain of all good, so that there is nothing simply good but God; nothing worthy of that title, except in respect…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Jesus says that only God is good (Mark 10:18). God is the source of all good things, but Israel rejected him.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Israel--God repeats the name in opposition to their use of it (Ho 8:2). the thing that is good--Jerome translates, "God" who is good and doing good (Psa 119:68). He is the chief object rejected, but with Him also all that is good. the enemy shall pursue him--in just retribution from God.Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 8:3

• Hypocrisy

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Hosea
• Pekahiah
• Zechariah, Book of

Commentaries on Hosea 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings