Hosea 8:3 Israel has cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.… Him who is good, That which is good. The word tob includes both. They rejected good in rejecting God, who is simply, supremely, wholly, universally good, and good to all, the Author and Fountain of all good, so that there is nothing simply good but God, nothing worthy of that title, except in respect of its relation to him who is good and doing good. (E. B. Pusey, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.WEB: Israel has cast off that which is good. The enemy will pursue him. |
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