Hosea 8:3

Israel Rejects The Good

² Israel cries out to Me,
“My God, we know You!”
³ Israel has rejected what is good;
an enemy will pursue him. ⁴ They have installed kings,
but not through Me.
They have appointed leaders,
but without My approval.
They make their silver and gold
into idols for themselves
for their own destruction.

People of Israel

What is Good

That Which Is Good

Israel

Leviticus 26:36

“I will put anxiety in the hearts of those of you who survive in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a wind-driven leaf will put them to flight, and they will flee as one flees from a sword, and fall though no one is pursuing them.

Deuteronomy 28:25

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

Psalm 36:3

The words of his mouth are malicious and deceptive;
he has stopped acting wisely and doing good.

Psalm 81:10-11

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

Lamentations 3:66

You will pursue them in anger and destroy them
under Your heavens.

Lamentations 4:19

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

Amos 1:11

The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Edom
for three crimes, even four,
because he pursued his brother with the sword.
He stifled his compassion,
his anger tore at them continually,
and he harbored his rage incessantly.

1 Timothy 5:12

and will therefore receive condemnation because they have renounced their original pledge.