Hosea 11:2

What does Hosea 11:2 mean?

A plain-English look at Hosea 11:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

When I sent for them, then they went away from me; they made offerings to the Baals, burning perfumes to images.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

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

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

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

v.2This passage

v.3Yet I taught Ephraim to walk; I took them on my arms; but they knew not that I healed them.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • John 3:19

    And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

  • Jeremiah 35:13

    Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Go, and say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith Jehovah.

  • Luke 13:34

    O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her own brood under her wings, and ye would not!

  • Zechariah 7:11

    But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.

  • Deuteronomy 29:2

    And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that Jehovah did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;

  • 2 Kings 17:13

    Yet Jehovah testified unto Israel, and unto Judah, by every prophet, and every seer, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.

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