Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"Israel has discarded what is good. The enemy will pursue them.
New American Standard Bible
The enemy will pursue him.
King James Version
Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
Holman Bible
an enemy will pursue him.
A Conservative Version
Israel has cast off that which is good. The enemy shall pursue him.
American Standard Version
Israel hath cast off that which is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
Amplified
Israel has rejected the good;
The enemy shall pursue him.
Bible in Basic English
Israel has given up what is good; his haters will go after him.
Darby Translation
Israel hath cast off good: the enemy shall pursue him.
Julia Smith Translation
Israel rejected the good: the enemy shall pursue him.
King James 2000
Israel has cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Israel has spurned [the] good; [the] enemy will pursue him.
Modern King James verseion
Israel has thrown off good; the enemy shall pursue him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
but he hath refused the thing that is good: therefore shall the enemy follow upon 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.
The Emphasized Bible
Israel hath cast away what is good, - an enemy, shall pursue him.
Webster
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
Cast off good hath Israel, an enemy pursueth him.
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Hosea 8:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel Rejects The Good
2 They cry out to me, "God, we of Israel acknowledge you.' 3 "Israel has discarded what is good. The enemy will pursue them. 4 They set kings in place, but not by me. They established princes, whom I did not recognize. They crafted idols for themselves from their silver and gold; as a result, they will be destroyed.
Names
Cross References
Leviticus 26:36
"As for the remnants among you, I'll bring despair in their hearts in the land of their enemies so that even the sound of a blown leaf will chase them and they flee as though pursued by the sword and fall when no one is pursuing.
Deuteronomy 28:25
"The LORD will cause you to be defeated by your enemies. You'll go out against them in one direction, but you'll flee from them in seven directions. Consequently, you'll be in a state of great terror throughout all the kingdoms of the earth.
Psalm 36:3
The words from his mouth are vain and deceptive. He has abandoned behaving wisely and doing good.
Psalm 81:10-11
I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, open your mouth that I may fill it.
Lamentations 3:66
Pursue them in your anger and destroy them from under the LORD's heaven.
Lamentations 4:19
Our pursuers were swifter than soaring eagles; they pursued us over the mountains, lying in wait for us in the wilderness.
Amos 1:11
This is what the LORD says: "For three transgressions of Edom and now for a fourth I will not turn away; because he pursued his brother with a sword, refusing to be compassionate. His anger was raging continuously; he kept up his unending wrath.
1 Timothy 5:12
They receive condemnation because they have set aside their prior commitment to the Messiah.