Hosea 8:12

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

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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 hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be to him to sin.

13They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of my offerings, and eat it ; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.

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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 against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were around them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.

Nehemiah 9:26Nevertheless, they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets who testified against them to turn them 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 not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

Jeremiah 6:16Thus saith the 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 in it .

Hosea 4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy 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 →

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