Hosea 8:3
Israel hath cast off ye thing that is good: the enemie shall pursue him.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
In Context
2Israel shall crie vnto me, My God, we know thee.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:25And the Lord shall cause thee to fall before thine enemies: thou shalt come out one way against them, and shalt flee seuen wayes before them, and shalt be scattered through all the kingdomes of the earth.
Psalms 81:10For I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide and I will fill it.
Lamentations 4:19Our persecuters are swifter then the eagles of the heauen: they pursued vs vpon the mountaines, and layed waite for vs in the wildernes.
1 Timothy 5:12Hauing damnation, because they haue broken the 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 →