Hosea 8:3

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

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

In Context

2Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know you.

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.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:25The LORD shall cause you to be smitten before yours enemies: you shall go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shall be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

Psalms 81:10I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt: open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

Lamentations 4:19Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

1 Timothy 5:12Having damnation, because they have cast off 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 →

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