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Hosea 8:12
12I carefully explained my laws to my people. But they do not accept my laws as their own.
Hosea 8:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.
- New International Version (NIV)I wrote for them the many things of my law, but they regarded them as something foreign.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Were I to write for him my laws by the ten thousands, they would be regarded as a strange thing.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I have written for him the great things of My law, But they were considered a strange thing.
Context of Hosea 8:12
10Yes, they have paid money to get friends who will help them. But I will soon bring them together to punish them. A great king will be cruel to them and they will receive much pain. 11Ephraim's people have built many altars to make sin offerings. But the altars have become places where the people do even more sins! I carefully explained my laws to my people. But they do not accept my laws as their own. 13Israel's people offer sacrifices to me, and they eat the meat from those sacrifices. But their sacrifices do not please me. I know that they are guilty of wicked things. Soon I will punish them for their sins. They will have to return to Egypt. 14Israel's people have built beautiful palaces. But they have forgotten me, who made them into a nation! Judah's people have built many strong cities. But I will send fire to destroy their cities and their strong buildings.’
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אֶ֨כְתָּב ל֔וֹ רֻבֵּ֖י תּֽוֹרָתִ֑י כְּמוֹ־זָ֖ר נֶחְשָֽׁבוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Hosea 8:12
- Deuteronomy 4:6Obey them carefully. That will show people of other nations that you are wise. They will hear about all your laws. Then they will say, ‘The people of this great nation are very wise and clever!’
- Nehemiah 9:13At Sinai mountain, you came down from heaven and you spoke to your people. You gave them your laws, rules and commands, which are good, fair and true.
- Psalms 119:18Open my eyes wide! Then I will see great things in your Law.
- Psalms 147:19He sends his message to Jacob's descendants. He gives his rules and laws to Israel's people.
- Proverbs 22:20I have written down 30 wise thoughts for you. They will teach you what is right, so that you know how to live well.
- Ezekiel 20:11I gave them my laws and my commands. Anyone who obeyed them would enjoy a good life.
- Romans 3:1So someone may ask, ‘Does it help a person if they are a Jew, rather than a Gentile? Does it help a person if someone has circumcised them?’
- Romans 7:12So we understand that God's Law and its commands are completely good. They are holy, fair and good.
- Hosea 4:6The people do not know me. Because of that, they will come to an end. You refuse to respect my authority, so I will remove you as my priests. You refuse to obey the law of your God, so I will refuse to accept your children as my priests.
- 2 Kings 17:15They did not obey God's rules. They did not accept the covenant that he had made with their ancestors. They did not listen when he warned them. Instead, they worshipped useless idols, which caused them to become useless themselves. The Lord had commanded them not to live in the same way that the nations around them did. But they did that anyway.
- Nehemiah 9:26But your people did not obey you. They turned against you. They stopped obeying your laws. You sent your prophets to warn your people to return to you. But they killed the prophets that you sent to them. Your people insulted you in many bad ways.
- Psalms 50:17For you hate my teaching, and you refuse to accept my message.
- Isaiah 30:9These people have turned against the Lord. They are his children but they love to tell lies. They do not want to obey his law.
- Jeremiah 6:16The Lord said to his people, ‘Stand at the place where the roads cross, and look carefully. Ask where the ways of your ancestors are. Find the good way, and go along that way. Then you will live in peace.’ But the people said, ‘No, we will not go that way. ’
Commentaries on Hosea 8:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12I have written to him the great things of my law - I have as it were inscribed my laws to them, and they have treated them as matters in which they had no interest.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12I have written to him the great things of My law - Literally, “I write.” Their sin then had no excuse of ignorance. God had written their duties for them in the ten commandments with His own hand; He had written them of old and “manifoldly”, often repeated and in divers manners. He wrote those manifold things “to them” (or “for them”) by Moses, not for that time only, but that they might be continually before their eyes, as if He were still writing. He…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-14Verses 11-14 It is a great sin to corrupt the worship of God, and will be charged as sin on all who do it, how plausible soever their excuses may seem to be. The Lord had caused his law to be written for them, but they cared not to know, and would not obey it. Man seems by the temples he builds to be mindful of his Maker, yet really he has forgotten him, because he has cast off all his fear; but none ever hardened his heart against God and prospered. So…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. great things of ... law--(De 4:6, 8; Psa 19:8; 119:18, 72; 147:19, 20). Maurer not so well translates, "the many things of My law." my law--as opposed to their inventions. This reference of Hosea to the Pentateuch alone is against the theory that some earlier written prophecies have not come down to us. strange thing--as if a thing with which they had nothing to do.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Hosea 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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