2But the more I called Israel, the further they went from me. They sacrificed to the Baals and they burned incense to images.


In Context

1 "When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.

2 But the more I called Israel, the further they went from me. They sacrificed to the Baals and they burned incense to images.

3 It was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them by the arms; but they did not realize it was I who healed them.

4 I led them with cords of human kindness, with ties of love; I lifted the yoke from their neck and bent down to feed them.

Hosea 11:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:2[As] they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:2As they called them, they went away from before their face: they offered victims to Baalim, and sacrificed to idols.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:2The more the prophets called them, the more they went from them: they sacrificed unto the Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:2As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto the Baals, and burned incense to graven images.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:2As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto the Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:2As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed to Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:2They called to them, so they went from them. They sacrificed to the Baals, and burned incense to engraved images.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:2They have called to them rightly, They have gone from before them, To lords they do sacrifice, And to graven images they make perfume.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:2As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed to Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.