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


In Context

1 Because Israel is a youth, and I love him, Out of Egypt I have called for My Son.

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

3 And I have caused Ephraim to go on foot, Taking them by their arms, And they have not known that I strengthened them.

4 With cords of man I do draw them, With thick cords of love, And I am to them as a raiser up of a yoke on their jaws, And I incline unto him — I feed him.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:2But the more I called Israel, the further they went from me. They sacrificed to the Baals and they burned incense to 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 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.