But they provoked thee to wrath, and departed from thee, and threw thy law behind their backs. And they killed thy prophets, who admonished them earnestly to return to thee. And they were guilty of great blasphemies.
Hosea 8:12 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I shall write to him my manifold laws, which have been accounted as foreign. 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. English Standard Version 2016 Were I to write for him my laws by the ten thousands, they would be regarded as a strange thing. |
But they provoked thee to wrath, and departed from thee, and threw thy law behind their backs. And they killed thy prophets, who admonished them earnestly to return to thee. And they were guilty of great blasphemies.
O Lord, thou wilt open my lips: and my mouth shall declare thy praise.
Behold I have described it to thee three manner of ways, in thoughts and knowledge:
For it is a people that provoketh to wrath, and lying children, children that will not hear the law of God.
And I gave them my statutes, and I shewed them my judgments, which, if a man do, he shall live in them.
My people have been silent, because they had no knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will reject thee, that thou shalt not do the office of priesthood to me: and thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.
WHAT advantage then hath the Jew, or what is the profit of circumcision?
Wherefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.