Hosea 8:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But Israel has rejected good; an enemy will pursue him.”
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BSBPD
“But Israel has rejected good; an enemy will pursue him.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Israel hath cast off that which is good: the enemy shall pursue him.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Cast off good hath Israel, an enemy pursueth him.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Hosea 8:3 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 26:36As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and fall when no one pursues them.
- Deuteronomy 28:25The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
- Psalms 36:3The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.
- Psalms 81:10I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.
- Lamentations 3:66You will pursue them in anger and exterminate them from under Your heavens, O LORD.
- Lamentations 4:19Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.
- Amos 1:11This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged continually, and his fury flamed incessantly.
- 1 Timothy 5:12and thus will incur judgment because they are setting aside their first faith.
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