Hosea 8:12
were I to write for him ever so many instructions, they would be regarded as from a stranger.
Open English Bible (US)
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
11For as many altars as Ephraim has erected, they are to him altars for sinning,
Cross References
Psalms 119:18Open my eyes, that I see wondrous things out of your law.
Hosea 4:6My people are being destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge I reject you from being priest to me. Since you have forgotten the teaching of your God, I also will forget your children.
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 →