Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version But Israel has rejected what is good; an enemy will pursue him. New Living Translation But it is too late. The people of Israel have rejected what is good, and now their enemies will chase after them. English Standard Version Israel has spurned the good; the enemy shall pursue him. Berean Standard Bible But Israel has rejected good; an enemy will pursue him. King James Bible Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him. New King James Version Israel has rejected the good; The enemy will pursue him. New American Standard Bible Israel has rejected the good; The enemy will pursue him. NASB 1995 Israel has rejected the good; The enemy will pursue him. NASB 1977 Israel has rejected the good; The enemy will pursue him. Legacy Standard Bible Israel has rejected the good; The enemy will pursue him. Amplified Bible Israel has rejected the good; The enemy shall pursue him. Christian Standard Bible Israel has rejected what is good; an enemy will pursue him. Holman Christian Standard Bible Israel has rejected what is good; an enemy will pursue him. American Standard Version Israel hath cast off that which is good: the enemy shall pursue him. Contemporary English Version But your enemies will chase you for rejecting our good agreement. English Revised Version Israel hath cast off that which is good: the enemy shall pursue him. GOD'S WORD® Translation However, they have rejected what is good. The enemy will persecute them. Good News Translation they have rejected what is good. Because of this their enemies will pursue them. International Standard Version "Israel has discarded what is good. The enemy will pursue them. Majority Standard Bible But Israel has rejected good; an enemy will pursue him. NET Bible But Israel has rejected what is morally good; so an enemy will pursue him. New Heart English Bible Israel has cast off that which is good. The enemy will pursue him. Webster's Bible Translation Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him. World English Bible Israel has cast off that which is good. The enemy will pursue him. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionIsrael has cast off good, an enemy pursues him. Young's Literal Translation Cast off good hath Israel, an enemy pursueth him. Smith's Literal Translation Israel rejected the good: the enemy shall pursue him. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleIsrael hath cast off the thing that is good, the enemy shall pursue him. Catholic Public Domain Version Israel has thrown away goodness; the enemy will overtake him. New American Bible But Israel has rejected what is good; the enemy shall pursue him. New Revised Standard Version Israel has spurned the good; the enemy shall pursue him. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleIsrael has forgotten the good; the enemy has pursued him. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Israel has forgotten goodness and the enemy chases them OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Israel hath cast off that which is good; The enemy shall pursue him. Brenton Septuagint Translation For Israel has turned away from good things; they have pursued an enemy. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Israel will Reap the Whirlwind…2Israel cries out to Me, “O our God, we know You!” 3But Israel has rejected good; an enemy will pursue him. 4They 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.… Cross References Jeremiah 2:13 “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water. Isaiah 1:4 Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him. Jeremiah 4:22 “For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.” Amos 3:10 “For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.” Isaiah 5:24 Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. Jeremiah 5:23-24 But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned aside and gone away. / They have not said in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’ Isaiah 30:9-11 These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction. / They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions. / Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!” Jeremiah 8:5-7 Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return. / I have listened and heard; they do not speak what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, asking, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone has pursued his own course like a horse charging into battle. / Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush keep their time of migration, but My people do not know the requirements of the LORD. Ezekiel 20:8 But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the land of Egypt. 2 Kings 17:15 They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate. Romans 1:28 Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. John 3:19-20 And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil. / Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. Matthew 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! Luke 19:41-44 As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it / and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes. / For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. ... Romans 10:21 But as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.” Treasury of Scripture Israel has cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him. cast. Psalm 36:3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good. Psalm 81:10,11 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it… Amos 1:11 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever: the enemy. Leviticus 26:36 And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth. Deuteronomy 28:25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. Lamentations 3:66 Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD. Jump to Previous Cast Enemy Good Haters Israel Pursue Pursueth Rejected SpurnedJump to Next Cast Enemy Good Haters Israel Pursue Pursueth Rejected SpurnedHosea 8 1. Destruction is threatened both to Israel and Judah for their impiety and idolatry.But Israel The name "Israel" refers to the northern kingdom, which had split from Judah after the reign of Solomon. Historically, Israel was chosen by God to be His people, a nation set apart to reflect His glory and righteousness. The use of "Israel" here is significant as it reminds the reader of the covenant relationship between God and His people. The Hebrew root for Israel, "Yisra'el," means "God contends" or "one who struggles with God," which is fitting given the nation's history of wrestling with faithfulness to God. has rejected good an enemy will pursue him Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew [But] Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc has rejected זָנַ֥ח (zā·naḥ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2186: Reject, forsake, fail good; ט֑וֹב (ṭō·wḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good an enemy אוֹיֵ֖ב (’ō·w·yêḇ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 341: Hating, an adversary will pursue him. יִרְדְּֽפוֹ׃ (yir·də·p̄ōw) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 7291: To pursue, chase, persecute Links Hosea 8:3 NIVHosea 8:3 NLT Hosea 8:3 ESV Hosea 8:3 NASB Hosea 8:3 KJV Hosea 8:3 BibleApps.com Hosea 8:3 Biblia Paralela Hosea 8:3 Chinese Bible Hosea 8:3 French Bible Hosea 8:3 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Hosea 8:3 Israel has cast off that which (Ho Hs Hos.) |