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 thy mouth. As an eagle he cometh against the house of the LORD: because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law. 2They shall cry unto me, My God, we Israel know thee. Israel hath cast off that which is good: the enemy shall pursue him. 4They 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. 5He hath cast off thy calf, O Samaria; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?

Hosea 8:3 word by word

זָנַ֥ח יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל ט֑וֹב אוֹיֵ֖ב יִרְדְּֽפוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• goodטוֹבţôb · goodH2896
• enemyאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• pursueרָדַףrâdaph · to pursueH7291

Cross-references for Hosea 8:3

• Psalms 36:3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise and to do good.
• Psalms 81:10I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
• Amos 1:11Thus saith the LORD: For three transgressions of Edom, yea, 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:
• 1 Timothy 5:12having condemnation, because they have rejected their first faith.
• Leviticus 26:36And as for them that are left of you, I will send a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies: and the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as one fleeth from the sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
• Deuteronomy 28:25The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and shalt flee seven ways before them: and thou shalt be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth.
• Lamentations 3:66Thou wilt 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 heaven: they chased us upon the mountains, they laid wait 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
• 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