Hosea 8:12

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I spelled out my law for him in great detail, but they regard it as something totally unknown to them!

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  • Hos 4:6 : 6 You have destroyed my people by failing to acknowledge me! Because you refuse to acknowledge me, I will reject you as my priests. Because you reject the law of your God, I will reject your descendants.
  • Rom 3:1 : 1 Therefore what advantage does the Jew have, or what is the value of circumcision?
  • Rom 7:12 : 12 So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.
  • Deut 4:6-8 : 6 So be sure to do them, because this will testify of your wise understanding to the people who will learn of all these statutes and say,“Indeed, this great nation is a very wise people.” 7 In fact, what other great nation has a god so near to them like the LORD our God whenever we call on him? 8 And what other great nation has statutes and ordinances as just as this whole law that I am about to share with you today?
  • 2 Kgs 17:15-16 : 15 They rejected his rules, the covenant he had made with their ancestors, and the laws he had commanded them to obey. They paid allegiance to worthless idols, and so became worthless to the LORD. They copied the practices of the surrounding nations in blatant disregard of the LORD’s command. 16 They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God; they made two metal calves and an Asherah pole, bowed down to all the stars in the sky, and worshiped Baal.
  • Neh 9:13-14 : 13 “You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You provided them with just judgments, true laws, and good statutes and commandments. 14 You made known to them your holy Sabbath; you issued commandments, statutes, and law to them through Moses your servant.
  • Neh 9:26 : 26 “Nonetheless they grew disobedient and rebelled against you; they disregarded your law. They killed your prophets who had solemnly admonished them in order to cause them to return to you. They committed atrocious blasphemies.
  • Ps 50:17 : 17 For you hate instruction and reject my words.
  • Ps 119:18 : 18 Open my eyes so I can truly see the marvelous things in your law!
  • Ps 147:19-20 : 19 He proclaims his word to Jacob, his statutes and regulations to Israel. 20 He has not done so with any other nation; they are not aware of his regulations. Praise the LORD!
  • Prov 22:20 : 20 Have I not written thirty sayings for you, sayings of counsel and knowledge,
  • Isa 30:9 : 9 For these are rebellious people– they are lying children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s law.
  • Jer 6:16-17 : 16 The LORD said to his people:“You are standing at the crossroads. So consider your path. Ask where the old, reliable paths are. Ask where the path is that leads to blessing and follow it. If you do, you will find rest for your souls.” But they said,“We will not follow it!” 17 The LORD said,“I appointed prophets as watchmen to warn you, saying:‘Pay attention to the warning sound of the trumpet!’” But they said,“We will not pay attention!”
  • Ezek 20:11 : 11 I gave them my statutes and revealed my regulations to them. The one who carries them out will live by them!

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    11Sacrifices Ineffective without Moral Obedience Although Ephraim has built many altars for sin offerings, these have become altars for sinning!

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    13The LORD answered,“This has happened because these people have rejected my laws which I gave them. They have not obeyed me or followed those laws.

  • Hos 8:13-14
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    13They offer up sacrificial gifts to me, and eat the meat, but the LORD does not accept their sacrifices. Soon he will remember their wrongdoing, he will punish their sins, and they will return to Egypt.

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  • Heb 8:8-10
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    8But showing its fault, God says to them,“Look, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will complete a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

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    20Have I not written thirty sayings for you, sayings of counsel and knowledge,

  • Mal 2:8-9
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    8You, however, have turned from the way. You have caused many to violate the law; you have corrupted the covenant with Levi,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

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  • Heb 10:16
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    16“This is the covenant that I will establish with them after those days, says the Lord. I will put my laws on their hearts and I will inscribe them on their minds,”

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    8You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths!

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  • Jer 1:16
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    16In this way I will pass sentence on the people of Jerusalem and Judah because of all their wickedness. For they rejected me and offered sacrifices to other gods, worshiping what they made with their own hands.”

  • Ezek 5:6
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    6Then she defied my regulations and my statutes, becoming more wicked than the nations and the countries around her. Indeed, they have rejected my regulations, and they do not follow my statutes.

  • Neh 9:29
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    29And you solemnly admonished them in order to return them to your law, but they behaved presumptuously and did not obey your commandments. They sinned against your ordinances– those by which an individual, if he obeys them, will live. They boldly turned from you; they rebelled and did not obey.

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    8Just as they have done from the day that I brought them up from Egypt until this very day, they have rejected me and have served other gods. This is what they are also doing to you.

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    22For I am aware of all his regulations, and I do not reject his rules.

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    2They do not realize that I remember all of their wicked deeds. Their evil deeds have now surrounded them; their sinful deeds are always before me.

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    7The more the priests increased in numbers, the more they rebelled against me. They have turned their glorious calling into a shameful disgrace!

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    10They did not keep their covenant with God, and they refused to obey his law.

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    8You must inscribe on the stones all the words of this law, making them clear.”

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    12They worshiped the disgusting idols in blatant disregard of the LORD’s command.