The Meaning of Hosea 8:3 Explained

Hosea 8:3

KJV: Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.

YLT: Cast off good hath Israel, an enemy pursueth him.

Darby: Israel hath cast off good: the enemy shall pursue him.

ASV: Israel hath cast off that which is good: the enemy shall pursue him.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Hosea 8:3?

MEANING: What does Hosea 8:3 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Hosea 8:3 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Hosea 8:3?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Israel  hath cast off  [the thing that is] good:  the enemy  shall pursue  him. 

What does Hosea 8:3 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Because Israel had rejected the good (i.e, the Lord"s moral and ethical requirements), an enemy would pursue him (cf. Deuteronomy 28:45).

Context Summary

Hosea 8:1-14 - Reaping The Whirlwind
A conqueror was at hand who should subdue and punish the whole nation for taking its own course, irrespective of God, Hosea 8:4-8; for seeking foreign alliances which could bring only oppression in their train, Hosea 8:9-10; and for multiplying altars and fortresses which were destined to be destroyed, Hosea 8:11; Hosea 8:14. The circumstances referred to in this chapter seem to point to the reigns of Menahem and Uzziah, 2 Kings 15:19; 2 Chronicles 26:6-15.
Hosea 8:5 is very striking. Israel had renounced Jehovah for the likeness of a calf, and now in the misfortunes which had overtaken them, their calf had cast them off. What is it that you are putting in the place of God? Power, wealth, the help of influential friends? Sooner or later it will fail you. How different is the One who perpetually encourages us, saying, "I will not fail nor forsake thee," and who promises to carry us to hoar hairs. The persistence with which Israel turned to other lovers left God no option but to put them back into a furnace such as Egypt had been, which would finally burn put their apostasy. Only when we walk before God with a perfect heart are we strong and happy. Once entangle yourself with expedients and alliances, and you lay yourself open to many sorrows. [source]

Chapter Summary: Hosea 8

1  Destruction is threatened both to Israel and Judah for their impiety and idolatry

What do the individual words in Hosea 8:3 mean?

Has rejected Israel the good the enemy will pursue him
זָנַ֥ח יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל ט֑וֹב אוֹיֵ֖ב יִרְדְּֽפוֹ‪‬

זָנַ֥ח  Has  rejected 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: זָנַח 
Sense: to cast off, reject, spurn.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
ט֑וֹב  the  good 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: טָבַב 
Sense: good, pleasant, agreeable.
אוֹיֵ֖ב  the  enemy 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: אֹיֵב  
Sense: (Qal) enemy.
יִרְדְּֽפוֹ‪‬  will  pursue  him 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: רָדַף  
Sense: to be behind, follow after, pursue, persecute, run after.

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