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).
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Hosea 8:3
3 Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.