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Hosea 8:12

Hosea 8:12
I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

I have written to him the great things of my law,.... Which was given by Moses to Israel at the appointment of God, in which were many commands, holy, just, and true; a multiplicity of them, as the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

I have written to him the great things of My law - Literally, “I write.” Their sin then had no excuse of ignorance. God had written their duties for them in the ten commandments with His own hand; He…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

I have written to him the great things of my law - I have as it were inscribed my laws to them, and they have treated them as matters in which they had no interest.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Hosea 8:8-14

It was the honour and happiness of Israel that they had but one God to trust to and he all-sufficient in every strait, and but one God to serve, and he well worthy of all their devotions. But it was…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

I have written to him Auth. Vers, here follows the Targum and the Peshito (the Septuagint and the Vulgate give the future), but it is more idiomatic (see p. 36, not [56] to render in the present I am…