Hosea 8:3 · KJV
“Israel hath cast off {the thing that is} good: the enemy shall pursue him.”
— Hosea 8:3
Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.
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 made them idols, that they may be cut off.
Hosea 8 — Context
{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. {thy: Heb. the roof of thy}
2Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.
3Israel hath cast off {the thing that is} good: the enemy shall pursue him.
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.
5Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast {thee} off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long {will it be} ere they attain to innocency?
Cross References
Lamentations 3:66
Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.
Psalms 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: {did cast...: Heb. corrupted his compassions}
Lamentations 4:19
Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
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. {removed: Heb. for a removing}
1 Timothy 5:12
Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.
Psalms 36:3
The words of his mouth {are} iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, {and} to do good.
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. {shaken: Heb. driven}