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Hosea 8:3 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue "

Hosea 8:3

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1 Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.

2 Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know

3 Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue

4 They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.

5 Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?

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From This Chapter

Hosea 8:1

"Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law."

Hosea 8:2

"Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know"

Hosea 8:4

"They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off."

Hosea 8:5

"Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?"

Hosea 8:6

"For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces."

Hosea 8:7

"For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up."
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