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Hosea 8:3

Judgment

1 Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.

2 Israel cries out to Me, “O our God, we know You!”

But Israel has rejected good; an enemy will pursue him.

4 They set up kings, but not by Me. They make princes, but without My approval. With their silver and gold they make themselves idols, to their own destruction.

5 He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
But Israel has rejected good; an enemy will pursue him.
KJV
Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
WEB
Israel has cast off that which is good. The enemy will pursue him.
ASV
Israel hath cast off that which is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
DARBY
Israel hath cast off good: the enemy shall pursue him.
BLB
Israel has rejected the good; an enemy will pursue him.
ÅB
Israel har støtt det gode fra seg - fienden skal forfølge ham.
OTB
Israel har vendt seg bort fra det som er godt;
Fienden vil jage ham.
B1930
Israel har støtt det gode fra sig - fienden skal forfølge ham.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Lamentations 3:66

    You will pursue them in anger and exterminate them from under Your heavens, O LORD.

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  • Psalms 81:10–11

    I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.

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  • Amos 1:11

    This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged continually, and his fury flamed incessantly.

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  • Lamentations 4:19

    Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.

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  • Psalms 36:3

    The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:25

    The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

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  • Leviticus 26:36

    As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and fall when no one pursues them.

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  • 1 Timothy 5:12

    and thus will incur judgment because they are setting aside their first faith.

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