Hosea 8:12

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

Cross-references

Hosea 4:6 Parallel

Hosea 4:6 also describes Israel rejecting and forgetting God's law — the same rebellion behind regarding it as strange.

Psalm 147:20 says no other nation has God's rules — making Israel's rejection of them here even more grievous.

Romans 7:12 Contrast

Romans 7:12 declares the law holy and good — directly opposing Israel's attitude of treating it as strange.

Ezekiel 20:11 says God gave statutes that bring life — the very laws Hosea's people regarded as strange.

Isaiah 30:9 Parallel

Isaiah 30:9 calls the people rebellious and unwilling to hear instruction — the same rejection of the law Hosea describes.

In Deuteronomy 4:6-8, the laws are praised as wise and righteous — the very laws Ephraim here treats as foreign.

Psalm 147:19 affirms God declared His statutes to Israel — the same law they here regard as alien.

Psalm 119:18 prays for eyes to see wonders in God's law — opposite of Ephraim who finds the law foreign here.

Psalm 50:17 Parallel

Psalm 50:17 condemns those who cast God's words behind them — mirrored in Hosea's people treating His laws as foreign.

Nehemiah 9:26 recounts Israel casting God's law behind their backs — the same attitude as regarding it as strange.

Nehemiah 9:14 recalls God giving the Sabbath and commandments — part of the laws treated as foreign in Hosea.

Nehemiah 9:13 affirms the laws as right and good — contrasting with Israel here treating them as a strange thing.

2 Kings 17:16 shows they abandoned God's commandments and turned to idols — the fruit of rejecting the law as strange.

2 Kings 17:15 records Israel despising God's statutes — the very rejection Hosea laments as treating them as strange.

In Isaiah 28:13, God's word becomes a stumbling block because they refuse to hear. Both depict rejection of God's instruction leading to judgment.

Jeremiah 8:8 accuses scribes of falsifying the law—the same issue as Hosea where God's law is treated as foreign. Both show corruption of divine revelation.

Mark 7:13 Parallel

In Mark 7:13, Jesus says tradition nullifies God's word—exactly what Hosea describes: treating God's law as something strange.

Israel rejected God's written law; in Jeremiah 6:17, they also reject the watchmen He sent. Both show willful disobedience to divine warnings.

Mark 12:24 Parallel

Mark 12:24 rebukes ignorance of Scriptures—similar to Hosea's people counting the law as foreign. Both show misunderstanding of God's word.