Hosea 8:3 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Israel has spurned the good; the enemy shall pursue him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Israel has rejected the good [with loathing]; the enemy shall pursue him.

American Standard Version (1901)

Israel hath cast off that which is good: the enemy shall pursue him.

Common English Bible

Israel has turned away from the good; the enemy will pursue him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Israel has thrown away goodness; the enemy will overtake him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Israel hath cast off the thing that is good, the enemy shall pursue him.

Hosea 8:3 Cross References

Psalm 36:3

The words of his mouth are mischief and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and do good.

Lamentations 3:66

Thou wilt pursue them in anger and destroy them from under thy heavens, O Lord.”

Lamentations 4:19

Our pursuers were swifter than the vultures in the heavens; they chased us on the mountains, they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.

Hosea 8:2

To me they cry, My God, we Israel know thee.

Hosea 8:4

They made kings, but not through me. They set up princes, but without my knowledge. With their silver and gold they made idols for their own destruction.

Leviticus 26:36

And as for those of you that are left, I will send faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; the sound of a driven leaf shall put them to flight, and they shall flee as one flees from the sword, and they shall fall when none pursues.

Amos 1:11

Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment; because he pursued his brother with the sword, and cast off all pity, and his anger tore perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever.

Deuteronomy 28:25

“The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies; you shall go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them; and you shall be a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

1 Timothy 5:12

and so they incur condemnation for having violated their first pledge.