Hosea 8:12
10 Though they hire allies among the nations, I will now round them up, and they will begin to diminish under the oppression of the king of princes.
11 Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.
Though I wrote for them the great things of My law, they regarded them as something strange.
13 Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.
14 Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has multiplied its fortified cities. But I will send fire upon their cities, and it will consume their citadels.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Though I wrote for them the great things of My law, they regarded them as something strange.
- KJV
- I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.
- WEB
- I wrote for him the many things of my law, but they were regarded as a strange thing.
- ASV
- I wrote for him the ten thousand things of my law; but they are counted as a strange thing.
- DARBY
- I have prescribed unto him the manifold things of my law: they are counted [as] a strange thing.
- BLB
- Were I to write for him the myriad [things] of My law, they would be regarded as a strange thing.
- ÅB
- Om jeg enn skriver ham mine lover i tusentall, så blir de allikevel aktet for noe fremmed.
- OTB
- Selv om jeg skrev utallige lærdommer av min lov for ham,
Blir de sett på som noe fremmed. - B1930
- Om jeg enn skriver ham mine lover i tusentall, så blir de allikevel aktet for noget fremmed.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 7:12
So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:6–8
Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”
Read in contextHosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
Read in contextProverbs 22:20
Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,
Read in context2 Kings 17:15–16
They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and themselves became worthless, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.
Read in contextNehemiah 9:26
But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.
Read in contextPsalms 119:18
Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law.
Read in contextPsalms 147:19–20
He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.
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