Hosea 8:12
I wrote for him the ten thousand things of my law, but they are counted as a strange thing.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.
In Context
11Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning, altars have been to him for sinning.
Cross References
2 Kings 17:15And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified to them. And they followed vanity, and became vain, and [went] after the nations that were round about them, c
Nehemiah 9:26Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their back, and killed thy prophets who testified against them to turn them again to thee, and they wrought great provocations.
Psalms 119:18Open thou my eyes that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
Proverbs 22:20Have I not written to thee excellent things of counsels and knowledge,
Jeremiah 6:16Thus says LORD, Stand ye in the ways and see. And ask for the old paths where is the good way. And walk in it, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk.
Hosea 4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because thou have rejected knowledge, I also will reject thee, that thou shall be no priest to me. Since thou have forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy sons.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 8:9-14
The Sins of Israel; The Crimes of the People. ( b. c. 745.) 8 Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure. 9 For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers. 10 Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes. 11 Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin. 12 I have written to him the great things… Read the whole commentary →