E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hosea 8:3
the thing that is good = the Gracious One. Compare Hosea 3:5 ; Hosea 14:2 . read more
ホセア書 8:3 Jcb
E.W. Bullinger
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hosea 8:3
"Israel hath cast off that which is good; the enemy shall pursue him."We believe that Harper rendered the last clause more effectively than it stands in our version, "Let the enemy pursue him."[7] Our version is too mild a statement. The import of the passage is, "Let the destruction commence! The time for judgment and punishment had already come!The reason for this destruction is not left out. It was because Israel had "cast off" that which was good. They had cast off the knowledge of the true... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Hosea 8:3
Hosea 8:3. Israel hath cast off— Israel, Israel, &c. read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hosea 8:3
3. Israel—God repeats the name in opposition to their use of it ( :-). the thing that is good—JEROME translates, "God" who is good and doing good ( :-). He is the chief object rejected, but with Him also all that is good. the enemy shall pursue him—in just retribution from God. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hosea 8:3
Because Israel had rejected the good (i.e., the Lord’s moral and ethical requirements), an enemy would pursue him (cf. Deuteronomy 28:45). read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Hosea 8:1-14
The Long-merited RetributionThe enemy is coming immediately to destroy their temples and palaces and desolate the land, and as a punishment for their idolatry and disloyalty to God. In vain will they appeal to Jehovah.1. RM ’The trumpet to thy mouth! As an eagle against the house of the Lord.’2. RV ’They shall cry unto me, My God, we Israel know thee.’ They use the name Israel with its sacred associations, as an inducement to God to help them. 3. Israel] Hosea answers their appeal by saying... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Hosea 8:3
(3) Cast off.—Jehovah’s reply to Israel’s hollow repentance. The word “cast off” means a scornful loathing of what is putrescent or obscene. “The thing that is good” is the name of God, which is the salvation of Israel (Aben Ezra). read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Bible Commentary - Hosea 8:1-3
61. THE CONFUSION OF THE NATIONHosea 7:8-16; Hosea 8:1-3Hosea begins by summing up the public aspect of Israel in two epigrams, short but of marvelous adequacy:-{Hosea 7:8}"Ephraim-among the nations he mixeth himself: Ephraim has become a cake not turned."It is a great crisis for any nation to pass from the seclusion of its youth and become a factor in the main history of the world. But for Israel the crisis was trebly great. Their difference from all other tribes about them had struck the... read more
Subscribe
Get Bible verse every day in your inbox
Read on Mobile
Most Searched
Group of Brands
© 2025 Bibleportal.com All rights reserved.
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hosea 8:1-14
A rebellious kingdom (8:1-14)The people of Israel claim to know God, but they have broken their covenant with him and sinned against his law. God will use the Assyrian army (here symbolized by an eagle) to bring his punishment upon them (8:1-3). Their kings are not people appointed by God but traitors who murder to gain power. The centre of their religion is not God but the golden calves set up as idols in their cities (4-6; see 1 Kings 12:29-30).Israel’s foreign policy, besides being... read more