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Hosea 8:3

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial

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KJV ORIGINAL

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

Close to the original. Clear modern English.

✦ MADE SIMPLE

Israel threw away everything good, and now their enemies are coming for them.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

When you reject what's good for you, trouble has a way of catching up.

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The people living in Israel's cities will come out and make huge bonfires with all the enemy weapons — shields, armor, bows, arrows, clubs, spears, everything. There'll be so much military gear left behind that they'll be burning it for fuel for seven straight years.

The Israelites came back from pursuing the Philistines and took everything valuable from their camps.

Lamentations 2:3

In his burning anger, he stripped away all of Israel's strength and power. He pulled back his protection right when they needed it most against their enemies, and his rage burned against his own people like a wildfire that destroys everything in its path.

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