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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)But it is too late. The people of Israel have rejected what is good, and now their enemies will chase after them.

Context of Hosea 8:3

1“Put the trumpet to your lips! An eagle is over the house of the Lord because the people have broken my covenant and rebelled against my law. 2Israel cries out to me, ‘Our God, we acknowledge you!’ But Israel has rejected what is good; an enemy will pursue him. 4They set up kings without my consent; they choose princes without my approval. With their silver and gold they make idols for themselves to their own destruction. 5Samaria, throw out your calf-idol! My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of purity?

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 their mouths are wicked and deceitful; they fail to act wisely or do good.
• Psalms 81:10I am the Lord your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.
• Amos 1:11This is what the Lord says: “For three sins of Edom, even for four, I will not relent. Because he pursued his brother with a sword and slaughtered the women of the land, because his anger raged continually and his fury flamed unchecked,
• 1 Timothy 5:12Thus they bring judgment on themselves, because they have broken their first pledge.
• Leviticus 26:36“ ‘As for those of you who are left, I will make their hearts so fearful in the lands of their enemies that the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. They will run as though fleeing from the sword, and they will fall, even though no one is pursuing them.
• Deuteronomy 28:25The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will come at them from one direction but flee from them in seven, and you will become a thing of horror to all the kingdoms on earth.
• Lamentations 3:66Pursue them in anger and destroy them from under the heavens of the Lord.
• Lamentations 4:19Our pursuers were swifter than eagles in the sky; they chased us over the mountains and lay in wait for us in the desert.

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