Hosea 11:2

Hosea 11:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
• New International Version (NIV)But the more they were called, the more they went away from me. They sacrificed to the Baals and they burned incense to images.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The more they were called, the more they went away; they kept sacrificing to the Baals and burning offerings to idols.
• New King James Version (NKJV)As they called them, So they went from them; They sacrificed to the Baals, And burned incense to carved images.

Context of Hosea 11:2

1When Israel was a child [a young nation], I loved him, And I called My son out of Egypt. The more they [the prophets] called them [to repentance and obedience], The more they went away from them; They kept sacrificing to the Baals And burning incense to the carved images. 3Yet it is I who taught Ephraim to walk, Taking them in My arms [nurturing the young nation]; But they did not know that I healed them. 4I led them gently with cords of a man, with bonds of love [guiding them], And I was to them as one who lifts up and eases the yoke [of the law] over their jaws; And I bent down to them and fed them.

Hosea 11:2 word by word

קָרְא֖וּ לָהֶ֑ם כֵּ֚ן הָלְכ֣וּ מִפְּנֵיהֶ֔ם לַבְּעָלִ֣ים יְזַבֵּ֔חוּ וְלַפְּסִלִ֖ים יְקַטֵּרֽוּן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• they calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• them, so they wentהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• from themפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• they sacrificedזָבַחzâbach · to sacrificeH2076
• unto Baalimבַּעַלba‛al · BaalH1168
• and burned incenseקָטַרqâţar · to offer: offerH6999
• to graven imagesפָּסִילpesîyl · idolH6456

Cross-references for Hosea 11:2

• Hosea 11:7My people are bent on turning from Me; Though the prophets call them to the One on high, None at all exalts Him.
• Deuteronomy 29:2Moses summoned all Israel and said to them, “You have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, to all his servants, and to all his land;
• 1 Samuel 8:7The Lord said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in regard to all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from being King over them.
• 2 Kings 17:13Yet the Lord warned Israel and Judah through all His prophets and every seer, saying, “Turn from your evil ways and keep My commandments and My statutes, in accordance with all the Law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by My servants the prophets.”
• 2 Chronicles 36:15The Lord, the God of their fathers, sent word to them again and again by His messengers, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place.
• Nehemiah 9:30Yet You were patient with them for many years, And admonished them and warned them by Your Spirit through Your prophets; Still they would not listen. Therefore You gave them into the hand (power) of the peoples of the lands.
• Isaiah 30:9For this is a rebellious people, lying sons, Sons who refuse to listen to The law and instruction of the Lord;
• Jeremiah 35:13“Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Go and say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, “Will you not receive instruction by listening to My words and honoring them?” says the Lord.
• Jeremiah 44:16“As for the word (message) that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we are not going to listen to you.
• Zechariah 1:4Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Repent [that is, change your way of thinking] and return now from your evil way [of life] and from your evil deeds.” ’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me,” declares the Lord.
• Zechariah 7:11But they refused to listen and pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder [stiffening themselves in resistance] and stopped up their ears.
• Luke 13:34O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones [to death] those [messengers] who are sent to her [by God]! How often I have wanted to gather your children together [around Me], just as a hen gathers her young under her wings, but you were not willing!
• John 3:19This is the judgment [that is, the cause for indictment, the test by which people are judged, the basis for the sentence]: the Light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.
• Acts 7:51“You stiff-necked and stubborn people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you are always actively resisting the Holy Spirit. You are doing just as your fathers did.
• 2 Corinthians 2:15For we are the sweet fragrance of Christ [which ascends] to God, [discernible both] among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing;
• Hosea 2:13And I will punish her for the [feast] days of the Baals, When she used to offer sacrifices and burn incense to them And adorn herself with her earrings and nose rings and her jewelry, And follow her lovers, so that she forgot Me,” says the Lord.

Commentaries on Hosea 11:2

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2As they called them, so they went from them - The prophet changes his tone, no longer speaking of that one first call of God to Israel as a whole, whereby He brought out Israel as one man, His one son; which one call he obeyed. Here he speaks of God‘s manifold calls to the people, throughout their whole history, which they as often disobeyed, and not disobeyed only, but went contrariwise. “They called them.” Whether God employed Moses, or the judges, or…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Despite God's love, Israel acted like a rebellious child, offering sacrifices to Baal. The punishment for a rebellious son was death (Deuteronomy 21:18–21).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. As they called them--"they," namely, monitors sent by Me. "Called," in Ho 11:1, suggests the idea of the many subsequent calls by the prophets. went from them--turned away in contempt (Jr 2:27). Baalim--images of Baal, set up in various places.Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 11:2

• Baalim
• Backsliders
• Idolatry
• Impenitence

In the dictionaries

• Cord
• Repenting
• Calf, Golden
• Hosea
• Text of the Old Testament
• Zechariah, Book of

Commentaries on Hosea 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings