Hosea 8:3

Modern

But Israel has rejected good; an enemy will pursue him.

Traditional

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

Literal

Israel has rejected the good; an enemy will pursue him.

Latin

Projecit Israël bonum: inimicus persequetur eum.

Hebrew

English

But Israel has rejected good; an enemy will pursue him.

Jesus says that only God is good (Mark 10:18). God is the source of all good things, but Israel rejected him.

Psalm 81:10–11
I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.
Lamentations 3:66
You will pursue them in anger and exterminate them from under Your heavens, O LORD.
Amos 1:11
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged continually, and his fury flamed incessantly.
Leviticus 26:36
As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and fall when no one pursues them.
Deuteronomy 28:25
The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
Psalm 36:3
The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.
Lamentations 4:19
Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.
1 Timothy 5:12
…and thus will incur judgment because they are setting aside their first faith.

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes