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Hosea 8

Hos. 8:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
hath cast off
zanach (Hebrew #2186)
a primitive root meaning to push aside, i.e. reject, forsake, fail
KJV usage: cast away (off), remove far away (off).
Pronounce: zaw-nakh'
the thing that is good
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
: the enemy
'oyeb (Hebrew #341)
active participle of 340; hating; an adversary
KJV usage: enemy, foe.
Pronounce: o-yabe'
Origin: or (fully) owyeb {o-yabe'}
shall pursue
radaph (Hebrew #7291)
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
KJV usage: chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under) persecute(-ion, -or), pursue(-r).
Pronounce: raw-daf'
Origin: a primitive root
him.

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Cross References

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Psa. 36:3• 3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good. (Psa. 36:3)
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Psa. 81:10‑11• 10I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
 11But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. (Psa. 81:10‑11)
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Amos 1:11• 11Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever: (Amos 1:11)
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1 Tim. 5:12• 12Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith. (1 Tim. 5:12)
the enemy.
Lev. 26:36• 36And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth. (Lev. 26:36)
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Deut. 28:25• 25The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. (Deut. 28:25)
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Lam. 3:66• 66Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the Lord. (Lam. 3:66)
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Lam. 4:19• 19Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness. (Lam. 4:19)

J. N. Darby Translation

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