Hosea 8:3

Israel Rejects The Good

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Then they will cry out to Me,
“My God, we of Israel know You!”
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Israel has rejected the good;
The enemy shall pursue him.
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They set up kings, but not from Me [therefore without My blessing];
They have appointed princes, but I did not know it.
With their silver and their gold they made idols for themselves,
That they might be cut off.

People of Israel

What is Good

That Which Is Good

Israel

Leviticus 26:36

As for those who are left of you, I will bring despair (lack of courage, weakness) into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; the sound of a scattered leaf will put them to flight, and they will flee as if [running] from the sword, and will fall even when no one is chasing them.

Deuteronomy 28:25

“The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies; you will go out against them one way, but flee before them seven ways, and you will be an example of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth [when they see your destruction].

Psalm 36:3

The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful;
He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

Psalm 81:10-11

“I am the Lord 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
From under the heavens of the Lord.

Lamentations 4:19

Our pursuers were swifter
Than the eagles of the sky;
They pursued us on the mountains,
They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness.

Amos 1:11

Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of Edom [the descendants of Esau] and for four (multiplied delinquencies)
I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it,
Because he pursued his brother Jacob (Israel) with the sword,
Corrupting and stifling his compassions and casting off all mercy;
His destructive anger raged continually,
And he maintained [and nurtured] his wrath forever.

1 Timothy 5:12

and so they incur condemnation for having set aside their previous pledge.