But they were disobedient and rebelled against you. They flung your law behind their backs and killed your prophets who warned them in order to turn them back to you. They committed terrible blasphemies.
Hosea 8:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Though I were to write out for him ten thousand points of my instruction, they would be regarded as something strange. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I wrote for him the ten thousand things of My law, but they are counted as a strange thing [as something which does not concern him]. American Standard Version (1901) I wrote for him the ten thousand things of my law; but they are counted as a strange thing. Common English Bible Even though I write out for him a large number of my instructions, they are regarded as strange. Catholic Public Domain Version I will write to him my intricate laws, which have been treated like strangers. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I shall write to him my manifold laws, which have been accounted as foreign. |
But they were disobedient and rebelled against you. They flung your law behind their backs and killed your prophets who warned them in order to turn them back to you. They committed terrible blasphemies.
Haven’t I written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,
They are a rebellious people, deceptive children, children who do not want to listen to the Lord’s instruction.
Then I gave them my statutes and explained my ordinances to them #– #the person who does them will live by them.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will reject you from serving as my priest. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your sons.
So what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the benefit of circumcision?
So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good.