Hosea 11:2
1 When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.
But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images.
3 It was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them in My arms, but they never realized that it was I who healed them.
4 I led them with cords of kindness, with ropes of love; I lifted the yoke from their necks and bent down to feed them.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images.
- KJV
- As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
- WEB
- They called to them, so they went from them. They sacrificed to the Baals, and burned incense to engraved images.
- ASV
- The more [the prophets] called them, the more they went from them: they sacrificed unto the Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
- DARBY
- As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto the Baals, and burned incense to graven images.
- BLB
- And I called to them, so they went away from My face; to the Baals they sacrificed, and to the carved images they burned incense.
- ÅB
- Jo mere de[^1] kalte på dem, dess mere gikk de bort fra dem; de ofrer til Ba'alene og brenner røkelse for de utskårne bilder.
- OTB
- Jo mer de ble kalt,
desto mer gikk de bort fra dem;
de fortsatte å ofre til Baalene
og brente røkelse for avgudene. - B1930
- Jo mere de kalte på dem, dess mere gikk de bort fra dem; de ofrer til Ba'alene og brenner røkelse for de utskårne billeder.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 18:15
Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway.
Read in contextHosea 2:13
I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she decked herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD.
Read in contextIsaiah 65:7
both for your iniquities and for those of your fathers,” says the LORD. “Because they burned incense on the mountains and scorned Me on the hills, I will measure into their laps full payment for their former deeds.”
Read in contextJohn 3:19
And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
Read in contextHosea 11:7
My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.
Read in context2 Kings 17:13–16
Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.”
Read in contextActs 7:51
You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
Read in contextHosea 13:1–2
When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal, and he died.
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