Hosea 8:3
Israel hath cast off the thing that is good, the enemy shall pursue him.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
In Context
2They shall call upon me: O my God, we, Israel, know thee.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:25The Lord make thee to fall down before thy enemies, one way mayst thou go out against them, and flee seven ways, and be scattered throughout all the kingdoms of the earth.
Psalms 81:10there shall be no new god in thee: neither shalt thou adore a strange god.
Lamentations 4:19Coph. Our persecutors were swifter than the eagles of the air: they pursued us upon the mountains, they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.
1 Timothy 5:12Having damnation, because they have made void their first faith.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 8:2-8
Sin and Punishment of Israel; Crimes Charged against Israel; Sottish Idolatry of Israel. ( b. c. 745.) 1 Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the Lord , because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law. 2 Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee. 3 Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him. 4 They 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… Read the whole commentary →