Hosea 8:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing. ”

Hosea 8:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Hosea 8:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

I have written to him the great things of my law, [but] they were counted as a (i) strange thing. (i) In this way the idolaters consider the word of God as strange with regard to their own invention...
Hosea 8:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Israel's Unsanctified National Life. Man-made kings, like man-made gods (the calf of Samaria), are impotent; Israel sows the wind and shall reap the whirlwind; the sources of the national life are...
Hosea 8:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

I have written. Not Moses: he was only the pen. It was God who "spoke by the prophets" ( Hebrews 1:1 ); by His Son ( John 7:16 ; John 8:28 ; John 8:46 ; John 8:47 ; John 12:49 ; John 14:10 ;...
Hosea 8:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet shows here briefly, how we ought to judge of divine worship, and thus intends to cut off the handle from all devices, by which men usually deceive themselves, and form disguises, wh...
Hosea 8:12 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1165 MEN’S DISREGARD OF THE GOSPEL Hosea 8:12 . I have written to him the great things of my Law, but they were counted as a strange thing . GOD, in estimating the sins of men, takes...
Hosea 8:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing. I have written to him the great things of my law - I have as it were inscribed my laws to them, and they...
Hosea 8:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I have written, &c.— And thus will I inscribe him [ Ephraim ]; they who were the masters [or teachers ] of my law, are esteemed as strangers; "are become utterly useless;" Hosea 8:8 . G...
Hosea 8:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing. I have written to him the great things of my law - ( Deuteronomy 4:6 ; Deuteronomy 4:8 , "What nat...
Hosea 8:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Long-merited Retribution The enemy is coming immediately to destroy their temples and palaces and desolate the land, and as a punishment for their idolatry and disloyalty to God. In vain will...
Hosea 8:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The rendering should be, though I write for him a multitude of my precepts. The tense “I write” is imperfect, and represents the continuous process — the prophetic teaching as well as the ancient M...
Hosea 8:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE THICK NIGHT OF ISRAEL Hosea 4:1-19 ; Hosea 5:1-15 ; Hosea 6:1-11 ; Hosea 7:1-16 ; Hosea 8:1-14 ; Hosea 9:1-17 ; Hosea 10:1-15 ; Hosea 11:1-12 ; Hosea 12:1-14 ; Hosea 13:1-16 ; Hosea...
Hosea 8:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Reaping the Whirlwind Hosea 8:1-14 A conqueror was at hand who should subdue and punish the whole nation for taking its own course, irrespective of God, Hosea 8:4-8 ; for seeking foreign allia...
Hosea 8:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

From this statement of the case the prophet turned to the pronouncement of judgment. This he did by adopting the figure of the trumpet lifted to the mouth, on which five blasts were sounded, in each...
Hosea 8:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here is a very striking passage in these words of the Lord, and is as suited to all ages as to the age of Israel. The Lord saith, that the great things he wrote to Israel were counted by them strange...
Hosea 8:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
Hosea 8:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

I have written to him the great things of my law, [but] they were counted as a strange thing. Ver. 12. I have written to him the great things of my law ] magnalia legis; great things of the law...
Hosea 8:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin “Since the Israelites, forsaking that one altar at which alone God required them to serve him, idolatrously multiplied altars to themselves, altars agai...
Hosea 8:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sins of Israel; The Crimes of the People. B. C. 745. 8 Israel is swallowed up: now...
Hosea 8:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I have written: some read it in the future, and by way of question, Shall I write? but most read as we, in the perfect or past tense, I have written, by Moses first, by other prophets afterwards; t...
Hosea 8:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Because Israel Have Deserted YHWH And Looked To Others, (Both Nations And Gods), In Spite Of Having Received His Abundant Instruction, He Will Desert Them And They Will Return To Egypt And See Their...
Hosea 8:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES .— Hosea 8:11 . Many ] Israel should only have one altar ( Deuteronomy 12:3 ; Deuteronomy 12:5 ). To sin ] Altars made by them should be the source of their punishment; they sh...
Hosea 8:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 8:1 . Set the trumpet to thy mouth. Give alarm, for the king of Assyria is coming; he is stretching his wings like an eagle to take the prey. Isaiah uses the same figure, in Isaiah 58:1 ....
Hosea 8:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

I have written to him the great things of My law, but they were counted a strange thing. A grave miscalculation What God complains of is that whilst He has made known to Israel the loftiest tru...
Hosea 8:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This chapter deals with the punishment of apostasy. Once more the sins of the northern kingdom are enumerated and its approaching fall predicted. There is a close connection between t...
Hosea 8:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Further Threat of Judgment
Hosea 8:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 17:15 ; 2 Kings 17:16 ; Deuteronomy 4:6-8 ; Ezekiel 20:11 ; Hosea 4:6 ; Isaiah 30:9 ; Jeremiah 6:16 ; Jeremiah 6:17 ; Nehemiah 9:13 ; Nehemiah 9:14 ; Nehemiah 9:26 ; Proverbs 22:2...
Hosea 8:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Written — By Moses first, by other prophets afterwards. But they were counted — Israel looks on them, as nothing to them.

Hosea 8:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hosea 8:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Hosea 8:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 8:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hosea 8:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 8:12 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Hosea 8:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hosea 8:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Hosea 8:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hosea 8:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 8:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hosea 8:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Hosea 8:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Hosea 8:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hosea 8:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hosea 8:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hosea 8:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hosea 8:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 8:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hosea 8:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hosea 8:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Hosea 8:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Hosea 8:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hosea 8:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hosea 8:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Hosea 8:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hosea 8:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hosea 8:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes