“Nonetheless they became contentious and rebelled against You. They cast Your Torah behind their back. They killed Your prophets who warned them to return to You; they committed appalling blasphemies.
Hosea 8:12 - Tree of Life Version Though I were to write out for him ten thousand things from My Torah, they are 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. |
“Nonetheless they became contentious and rebelled against You. They cast Your Torah behind their back. They killed Your prophets who warned them to return to You; they committed appalling blasphemies.
Have I not written to you thirty sayings of admonition and knowledge,
For this is a rebellious people, lying children, children unwilling to obey the Torah of Adonai.
I gave them My laws and taught them My judgments, which if a man does, he will live by them.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Since you rejected knowledge, I will also reject you from being My kohen. Since you forgot the Torah of your God, just so I will forget your children.
Then what is the advantage of being Jewish? Or what is the benefit of circumcision?
So then, the Torah is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.