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href="/bsb/hosea/8.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/hosea/8.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />I wrote for them the many things of my law, but they regarded them as something foreign.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/hosea/8.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Even though I gave them all my laws, they act as if those laws don’t apply to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/hosea/8.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Were I to write for him my laws by the ten thousands, they would be regarded as a strange thing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/hosea/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Though I wrote for them the great things of My law, they regarded them as something strange.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/hosea/8.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />I have written to him the great things of my law, <i>but</i> they were counted as a strange thing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/hosea/8.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />I have written for him the great things of My law, <i>But</i> they were considered a strange thing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/hosea/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Though I wrote for him ten thousand <i>precepts</i> of My Law, They are regarded as a strange thing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/hosea/8.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Though I wrote for him ten thousand precepts of My law, They are regarded as a strange thing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/hosea/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Though I wrote for him ten thousand <i>precepts</i> of My law, They are regarded as a strange thing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/hosea/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Though I wrote for him ten thousand <i>precepts</i> of My law, They are counted as a strange thing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/hosea/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />I wrote for him the ten thousand <i>precepts</i> of My law, But they are regarded as a strange thing [which does not concern him].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/hosea/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Though I were to write out for him ten thousand points of my instruction, they would be regarded as something strange.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/hosea/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Though I were to write out for him ten thousand points of My instruction, they would be regarded as something strange. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/hosea/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />I wrote for him the ten thousand things of my law; but they are counted as a strange thing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/hosea/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />My instructions for sacrifices were written in detail, but you ignored them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/hosea/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Though I write for him my law in ten thousand precepts, they are counted as a strange thing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/hosea/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I have written many things for them in my teachings, but they consider these things strange and foreign.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/hosea/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I write down countless teachings for the people, but they reject them as strange and foreign. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/hosea/8.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I prescribed great things from my Law for them, but they considered them profane.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/hosea/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Though I wrote for them the great things of My law, they regarded them as something strange.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/hosea/8.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I spelled out my law for him in great detail, but they regard it as something totally unknown to them! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/hosea/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I wrote for him the many things of my law; but they were regarded as a strange thing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/hosea/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/hosea/8.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I wrote for him the many things of my law, but they were regarded as a strange thing. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/hosea/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />I write for him numerous things of My law, "" As a strange thing they have been reckoned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/hosea/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> I write for him numerous things of My law, As a strange thing they have been reckoned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/hosea/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />I will write to him his multitude of my instructions; they were reckoned as a strange thing.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/hosea/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />I shall write to him my manifold laws, which have been accounted as foreign. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/hosea/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />I will write to him my intricate laws, which have been treated like strangers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/hosea/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Though I write for him my many instructions, they are considered like a stranger’s. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/hosea/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Though I write for him the multitude of my instructions, they are regarded as a strange thing.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/hosea/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />I have written to him many of my laws, but my words he considered as a strange thing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/hosea/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I have written to him the abundance of my laws, and he considered my words as a foreign woman<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/hosea/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Though I write for him never so many things of My Law, They are accounted as a stranger's.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/hosea/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />I will write down a multitude <i>of commands</i> for him; but his statutes are accounted strange things, <i>even</i> the beloved altars.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/hosea/8-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xpPG1oLnpGk?start=1226" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/hosea/8.htm">Israel will Reap the Whirlwind</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">11</span>Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning. <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3789.htm" title="3789: ʾɛḵ·tōḇ (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To write. A primitive root; to grave, by implication, to write.">Though I wrote</a> <a href="/hebrew/3789.htm" title="3789: lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- To write. A primitive root; to grave, by implication, to write.">for them</a> <a href="/hebrew/7239.htm" title="7239: rib·bō (N-mpc) -- Ten thousand, myriad. From rabab; or ribbow from rabab; a myriad, i.e. Indefinitely, large number.">the great things</a> <a href="/hebrew/8451.htm" title="8451: tō·w·rā·ṯî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- Direction, instruction, law. Or torah; from yarah; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch.">of My law,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2803.htm" title="2803: neḥ·šā·ḇū (V-Nifal-Perf-3cp) -- To think, account. ">they regarded them</a> <a href="/hebrew/3644.htm" title="3644: kə·mōw- (Prep) -- Like, as, when. Or kamow; a form of the prefix k-, but used separately; as, thus, so.">as</a> <a href="/hebrew/2114.htm" title="2114: zār (Adj-ms) -- A primitive root; to turn aside; hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically to commit adultery.">something strange.</a> </span><span class="reftext">13</span>Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-33.htm">Jeremiah 31:33</a></span><br />“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/31-26.htm">Deuteronomy 31:26</a></span><br />“Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, so that it may remain there as a witness against you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-18.htm">Psalm 119:18</a></span><br />Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-24.htm">Isaiah 5:24</a></span><br />Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/2-12.htm">Romans 2:12-15</a></span><br />All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law. / For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous. / Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/3-16.htm">2 Timothy 3:16-17</a></span><br />All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness, / so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/8-8.htm">Jeremiah 8:8-9</a></span><br />How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,’ when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has produced a deception? / The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what wisdom do they really have?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-11.htm">Ezekiel 20:11-13</a></span><br />And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them. / I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them. / Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-6.htm">Matthew 15:6-9</a></span><br />he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition. / You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you: / ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/5-39.htm">John 5:39-40</a></span><br />You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me, / yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/147-19.htm">Psalm 147:19-20</a></span><br />He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel. / He has done this for no other nation; they do not know His judgments. Hallelujah!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-1.htm">Romans 3:1-2</a></span><br />What, then, is the advantage of being a Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision? / Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-18.htm">1 Corinthians 1:18-21</a></span><br />For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. / For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.” / Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-9.htm">Isaiah 30:9-11</a></span><br />These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction. / They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions. / Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/2-4.htm">Amos 2:4</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.</p><p class="hdg">written.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/4-6.htm">Deuteronomy 4:6-8</a></b></br> Keep therefore and do <i>them</i>; for this <i>is</i> your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation <i>is</i> a wise and understanding people… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/9-13.htm">Nehemiah 9:13,14</a></b></br> Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/119-18.htm">Psalm 119:18</a></b></br> Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.</p><p class="hdg">but.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/4-6.htm">Hosea 4:6</a></b></br> My 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/17-15.htm">2 Kings 17:15,16</a></b></br> And 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 <i>were</i> round about them, <i>concerning</i> whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/9-26.htm">Nehemiah 9:26</a></b></br> Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/daniel/4-35.htm">Accounted</a> <a href="/hosea/5-7.htm">Alien</a> <a href="/hosea/1-10.htm">Counted</a> <a href="/hosea/5-14.htm">Great</a> <a href="/hosea/4-4.htm">Law</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-15.htm">Manifold</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-15.htm">Numerous</a> <a href="/daniel/9-5.htm">Precepts</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-14.htm">Prescribed</a> <a href="/daniel/4-35.htm">Reckoned</a> <a href="/daniel/4-35.htm">Regarded</a> <a href="/daniel/5-21.htm">Rules</a> <a href="/hosea/8-1.htm">Something</a> <a href="/hosea/8-7.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-47.htm">Stranger's</a> <a href="/daniel/11-12.htm">Ten</a> <a href="/daniel/12-12.htm">Thousand</a> <a href="/daniel/11-41.htm">Thousands</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-11.htm">Write</a> <a href="/daniel/10-21.htm">Writing</a> <a href="/daniel/12-1.htm">Written</a> <a href="/daniel/7-1.htm">Wrote</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/mark/10-42.htm">Accounted</a> <a href="/zechariah/7-10.htm">Alien</a> <a href="/matthew/14-5.htm">Counted</a> <a href="/hosea/8-14.htm">Great</a> <a href="/hosea/13-1.htm">Law</a> <a href="/amos/5-12.htm">Manifold</a> <a href="/hosea/10-13.htm">Numerous</a> <a href="/matthew/15-9.htm">Precepts</a> <a href="/luke/1-8.htm">Prescribed</a> <a href="/jonah/1-4.htm">Reckoned</a> <a href="/matthew/14-5.htm">Regarded</a> <a href="/malachi/3-7.htm">Rules</a> <a href="/joel/3-4.htm">Something</a> <a href="/joel/3-17.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/john/10-5.htm">Stranger's</a> <a href="/amos/5-3.htm">Ten</a> <a href="/amos/5-3.htm">Thousand</a> <a href="/micah/5-2.htm">Thousands</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-2.htm">Write</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-2.htm">Writing</a> <a href="/malachi/3-16.htm">Written</a> <a href="/mark/10-5.htm">Wrote</a><div class="vheading2">Hosea 8</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/8-1.htm">Destruction is threatened both to Israel and Judah for their impiety and idolatry.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The "great things" refer to the comprehensive and profound nature of the Mosaic Law, which includes moral, ceremonial, and civil instructions. The law was given to guide Israel in holiness and to set them apart as God's chosen people (<a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5-6</a>). The law is not just a set of rules but a revelation of God's character and His expectations for His people. The giving of the law at Mount Sinai was a pivotal moment in Israel's history, marking them as a nation under God’s rule. This phrase also underscores the privilege Israel had in receiving divine revelation, a privilege not extended to other nations (<a href="/deuteronomy/4-7.htm">Deuteronomy 4:7-8</a>).<p><b>they regarded them as something strange</b><br>This part of the verse highlights Israel's failure to appreciate and adhere to God's law. Despite the clarity and importance of the law, the Israelites treated it as foreign or irrelevant. This reflects a spiritual decline and a turning away from God, which is a recurring theme in the prophetic books. The term "strange" suggests that the people had become so distant from God's commands that they no longer recognized them as their own. This estrangement can be linked to their idolatry and assimilation of pagan practices, which led them away from the covenant (<a href="/hosea/4-6.htm">Hosea 4:6</a>). The prophets often rebuked Israel for their unfaithfulness and called them to repentance. This disregard for the law foreshadows the coming judgment and exile, as the people failed to live up to their covenantal responsibilities. The New Testament echoes this theme, where Jesus criticizes the religious leaders for their legalism and failure to understand the heart of the law (<a href="/matthew/23-23.htm">Matthew 23:23</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/h/hosea.htm">Hosea</a></b><br>A prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel during the 8th century BC, Hosea's ministry focused on calling Israel back to faithfulness to God amidst widespread idolatry and moral decay.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The Northern Kingdom, often referred to as Ephraim in Hosea, which had turned away from God, embracing idolatry and foreign alliances.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_law.htm">God's Law</a></b><br>Refers to the Torah, the divine instructions given to Israel, which were meant to guide them in righteousness and covenantal faithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_value_of_god's_law.htm">The Value of God's Law</a></b><br>God's law is a treasure meant to guide and bless His people. When we treat it as foreign or irrelevant, we miss out on its intended benefits and wisdom.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_familiarity_breeding_contempt.htm">The Danger of Familiarity Breeding Contempt</a></b><br>Israel's familiarity with God's law led to complacency and disregard. We must guard against taking God's Word for granted in our own lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_return_to_god's_word.htm">The Call to Return to God's Word</a></b><br>Just as Hosea called Israel to return to God's law, we are called to continually return to Scripture, seeking to understand and apply it in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Ignoring God's law leads to spiritual decline and judgment, as seen in Israel's history. Obedience brings life and blessing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_spiritual_discernment.htm">The Importance of Spiritual Discernment</a></b><br>We must pray for discernment to recognize the value of God's Word and not be swayed by cultural or personal biases that deem it irrelevant.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hosea_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hosea 8</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_were_the_biblical_prophets.htm">Who were the biblical prophets?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_hosea_12_8_contradict_israel's_exile.htm">Hosea 12:8: Does Israel's claim of innocence here contradict passages in which Israel is already punished or exiled?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_job_11_12_align_with_genesis.htm">Job 11:12 likens humans to wild donkeys; how does this align with Genesis' teaching that humans reflect God's image?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_psalm_112_1-2_promises_align_with_history.htm">How do Psalm 112:1-2's promises of blessed descendants align with historical records showing many faithful believers who faced familial hardship or extinction?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hosea/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12, 13) The rendering should be, <span class= "ital">though I write for him a multitude of my precepts.</span> The tense "I write" is imperfect, and represents the continuous process--the prophetic teaching as well as the ancient Mosaic law. In the wild lust for a foreign religion the pure and spiritual Mosaic worship and the religious influence of prophecy had been forgotten. It seemed something "strange;" as Christ's cross and claims have been accounted strange by so-called Christians.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/hosea/8-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Though I wrote</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶ֨כְתָּב־</span> <span class="translit">(’eḵ·tāḇ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3789.htm">Strong's 3789: </a> </span><span class="str2">To grave, to write</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for them</span><br /><span class="heb">ל֔וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(lōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3789.htm">Strong's 3789: </a> </span><span class="str2">To grave, to write</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the great things</span><br /><span class="heb">רֻבֵּ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(rub·bê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7239.htm">Strong's 7239: </a> </span><span class="str2">A myriad, large number</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of My law,</span><br /><span class="heb">תּֽוֹרָתִ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(tō·w·rā·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8451.htm">Strong's 8451: </a> </span><span class="str2">Direction, instruction, law</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they regarded them</span><br /><span class="heb">נֶחְשָֽׁבוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(neḥ·šā·ḇū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2803.htm">Strong's 2803: </a> </span><span class="str2">To think, account</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּמוֹ־</span> <span class="translit">(kə·mōw-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3644.htm">Strong's 3644: </a> </span><span class="str2">Like, as, when</span><br /><br /><span class="word">something strange.</span><br /><span class="heb">זָ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(zār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2114.htm">Strong's 2114: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn aside, to be a, foreigner, strange, profane, to commit adultery</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hosea/8-12.htm">Hosea 8:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/hosea/8-12.htm">Hosea 8:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/hosea/8-12.htm">Hosea 8:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/hosea/8-12.htm">Hosea 8:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/hosea/8-12.htm">Hosea 8:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/hosea/8-12.htm">Hosea 8:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hosea/8-12.htm">Hosea 8:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/hosea/8-12.htm">Hosea 8:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/hosea/8-12.htm">Hosea 8:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/hosea/8-12.htm">Hosea 8:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/hosea/8-12.htm">OT Prophets: Hosea 8:12 I wrote for him the many things (Ho Hs Hos.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/hosea/8-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Hosea 8:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Hosea 8:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hosea/8-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Hosea 8:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Hosea 8:13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>