Hosea 8:3

Yisroel hath cast off the thing that is tov; 1 the oyev (enemy) shall pursue him. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2Yisroel shall cry unto Me: 1 Elohai, we know Thee. We, Yisroel! 1

4They have set up melachim, but not from Me; 1 they have made sarim (princes), and I knew it not; 1 of their kesef and their zahav 1 have they made them atzabim (idols), 1 that they may be cut off. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:25Hashem shall cause thee to be defeated before thine enemies; thou shalt go out derech echad against them, and flee shivah derakhim before them; and shalt be an object of horror unto all the kingdoms of the earth.

Psalms 81:10There shall no el zar (strange, foreign g-d) be among thee; 1 neither shalt thou worship any el nechar (foreign g-d). 1

Lamentations 4:19Our pursuers are swifter 1 than the eagles of Shomayim; 1 they pursued us upon the mountains, 1 they laid wait for us in the midbar. 1

1 Timothy 5:12Having harsha'ah (condemnation, conviction), because their first havtachah (promise, pledge to ministry) they annulled. + 5:12 1Ti 5:9

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 →

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