King James Version
"I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing."
— Hosea 8:12, King James Version
“I wrote for him the ten thousand things of my law; but they are counted as a strange thing. ”
“I wrote for him the many things of my law; but they were regarded as a strange thing.”
“I spelled out my law for him in great detail, but they regard it as something totally unknown to them!”
“I shall write to him my manifold laws, which have been accounted as foreign.”
“Though I put my law in writing for him in ten thousand rules, they are to him as a strange thing.”
“I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.”
For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
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.
Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.
I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.
They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine 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.
For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.