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

1Sound the alarm! An eagle looms over the temple of the Lord! For they have broken their covenant with me, and have rebelled against my law. 2Israel cries out to me, “My God, we acknowledge you!” But Israel has rejected what is morally good; so an enemy will pursue him. 4They enthroned kings without my consent! They appointed princes without my approval! They made idols out of their silver and gold, but they will be destroyed! 5O Samaria, he has rejected your calf idol! My anger burns against them! They will not survive much longer without being punished, even though they are Israelites!

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 he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right.
• Psalms 81:10I am the Lord, your God, the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it!’
• Amos 1:11This is what the Lord says: “Because Edom has committed three crimes – make that four! – I will not revoke my decree of judgment. He chased his brother with a sword; he wiped out his allies. In his anger he tore them apart without stopping to rest; in his fury he relentlessly attacked them.
• 1 Timothy 5:12and so incur judgment for breaking their former pledge.
• Leviticus 26:36“‘As for the ones who remain among you, I will bring despair into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a blowing leaf will pursue them, and they will flee as one who flees the sword and fall down even though there is no pursuer.
• Deuteronomy 28:25“The Lord will allow you to be struck down before your enemies; you will attack them from one direction but flee from them in seven directions and will become an object of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
• Lamentations 3:66Pursue them in anger and eradicate them from under the Lord’s heaven.
• Lamentations 4:19Those who pursued us were swifter than eagles in the sky. They chased us over the mountains; they ambushed us in the wilderness. ר (Resh)

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