Hosea 8:12

12 I write down countless teachings for the people, but they reject them as strange and foreign.

Hosea 8:12 In-Context

10 But now I am going to gather them together and punish them. Soon they will writhe in pain when the emperor of Assyria oppresses them.
11 "The more altars the people of Israel build for removing sin, the more places they have for sinning!
12 I write down countless teachings for the people, but they reject them as strange and foreign.
13 They offer sacrifices to me and eat the meat of the sacrifices. But I, the Lord, am not pleased with them, and now I will remember their sin and punish them for it; I will send them back to Egypt!
14 "The people of Israel have built palaces, but they have forgotten their own Maker. The people of Judah have built fortified cities. But I will send fire that will burn down their palaces and their cities."
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.