Hosea 8:12 “Though I wrote for them the great things of My law, they regarded them…”

Hosea 8:12

Though I wrote for them the great things of My law, they regarded them as something strange.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.

World English Bible

I wrote for him the many things of my law, but they were regarded as a strange thing.

American Standard Version

I wrote for him the ten thousand things of my law; but they are counted as a strange thing.

Geneva Bible 1599

I haue written to them the great things of my Lawe: but they were counted as a strange thing.

Darby Translation

I have prescribed unto him the manifold things of my law: they are counted [as] a strange thing.

Young's Literal Translation

I write for him numerous things of My law, As a strange thing they have been reckoned.

Bible in Basic English

Though I put my law in writing for him in ten thousand rules, they are to him as a strange thing.

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Cross references

“written”

Deuteronomy 4:6–8 Romans 7:12 Psalm 119:18 Proverbs 22:20 Ezekiel 20:11 Romans 3:1

Deuteronomy 4:6–8 · BSB

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.”

Romans 7:12 · BSB

So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.

Psalm 119:18 · BSB

Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law.

Proverbs 22:20 · BSB

Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,

Ezekiel 20:11 · BSB

And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.

Romans 3:1 · BSB

What, then, is the advantage of being a Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?

“but”

Hosea 4:6 Nehemiah 9:26 Psalm 50:17 Isaiah 30:9 2 Kings 17:15 2 Kings 17:16

Hosea 4:6 · BSB

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.

Nehemiah 9:26 · BSB

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.

Psalm 50:17 · BSB

For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.

Isaiah 30:9 · BSB

These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.

2 Kings 17:15 · BSB

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 became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that…

2 Kings 17:16 · BSB

They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.

13Though 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.

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