10 Yes, though they have hired among the nations, Now aI will gather them; And they shall1 sorrow a little, Because of the1 burden of bthe king of princes.
11 “Because Ephraim has made many altars for sin, They have become for him altars for sinning.
12 I have written for him athe great things of My law, But they were considered a strange thing.
13For the sacrifices of My offerings athey sacrifice flesh and eat it, bBut the Lord does not accept them. cNow He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins. They shall return to Egypt.
14 “Fora Israel has forgotten bhis Maker, And has built1 temples; Judah also has multiplied cfortified cities; But dI will send fire upon his cities, And it shall devour his1 palaces.”
my law—as opposed to their inventions. This reference of Hosea to the Pentateuch alone is against the theory that some earlier written prophecies have not come down to us.
strange thing—as if a thing with which they had nothing to do.
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