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Hosea 8:12
12Even though I gave them all my laws, they act as if those laws don’t apply to them.
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
10But though they have sold themselves to many allies, I will now gather them together for judgment. Then they will writhe under the burden of the great king. 11“Israel has built many altars to take away sin, but these very altars became places for sinning! Even though I gave them all my laws, they act as if those laws don’t apply to them. 13The people love to offer sacrifices to me, feasting on the meat, but I do not accept their sacrifices. I will hold my people accountable for their sins, and I will punish them. They will return to Egypt. 14Israel has forgotten its Maker and built great palaces, and Judah has fortified its cities. Therefore, I will send down fire on their cities and will burn up their fortresses.”
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אֶ֨כְתָּב ל֔וֹ רֻבֵּ֖י תּֽוֹרָתִ֑י כְּמוֹ־זָ֖ר נֶחְשָֽׁבוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Hosea 8:12
- Deuteronomy 4:6Obey them completely, and you will display your wisdom and intelligence among the surrounding nations. When they hear all these decrees, they will exclaim, ‘How wise and prudent are the people of this great nation!’
- Nehemiah 9:13“You came down at Mount Sinai and spoke to them from heaven. You gave them regulations and instructions that were just, and decrees and commands that were good.
- Psalms 119:18Open my eyes to see the wonderful truths in your instructions.
- Psalms 147:19He has revealed his words to Jacob, his decrees and regulations to Israel.
- Proverbs 22:20I have written thirty sayings for you, filled with advice and knowledge.
- Ezekiel 20:11There I gave them my decrees and regulations so they could find life by keeping them.
- Romans 3:1Then what’s the advantage of being a Jew? Is there any value in the ceremony of circumcision?
- Romans 7:12But still, the law itself is holy, and its commands are holy and right and good.
- Hosea 4:6My people are being destroyed because they don’t know me. Since you priests refuse to know me, I refuse to recognize you as my priests. Since you have forgotten the laws of your God, I will forget to bless your children.
- 2 Kings 17:15They rejected his decrees and the covenant he had made with their ancestors, and they despised all his warnings. They worshiped worthless idols, so they became worthless themselves. They followed the example of the nations around them, disobeying the Lord’s command not to imitate them.
- Nehemiah 9:26“But despite all this, they were disobedient and rebelled against you. They turned their backs on your Law, they killed your prophets who warned them to return to you, and they committed terrible blasphemies.
- Psalms 50:17For you refuse my discipline and treat my words like trash.
- Isaiah 30:9that these people are stubborn rebels who refuse to pay attention to the Lord’s instructions.
- Jeremiah 6:16This is what the Lord says: “Stop at the crossroads and look around. Ask for the old, godly way, and walk in it. Travel its path, and you will find rest for your souls. But you reply, ‘No, that’s not the road we want!’
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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