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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)But the more I called to him, the farther he moved from me, offering sacrifices to the images of Baal and burning incense to idols.

Context of Hosea 11:2

1When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. The more they were called, the more they went away; they kept sacrificing to the Baals and burning offerings to idols. 3Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk; I took them up by their arms, but they did not know that I healed them. 4I led them with cords of kindness, with the bands of love, and I became to them as one who eases the yoke on 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 away from me, and though they call out to the Most High, he shall not raise them up at all.
• Deuteronomy 29:2And Moses 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 and to all his servants and to all his land,
• 1 Samuel 8:7And the Lord said to Samuel, "Obey the voice of the people in 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 by every prophet and every seer, saying, "Turn from your evil ways and keep my commandments and my statutes, in accordance with all the Law that I commanded your fathers, and that I sent to you by my servants the prophets."
• 2 Chronicles 36:15The Lord, the God of their fathers, sent persistently to them by his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place.
• Nehemiah 9:30Many years you bore with them and warned them by your Spirit through your prophets. Yet they would not give ear. Therefore you gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
• Isaiah 30:9For they are a rebellious people, lying children, children unwilling to hear the instruction of the Lord;
• Jeremiah 35:13"Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Go and say to the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will you not receive instruction and listen to my words? declares the Lord.
• Jeremiah 44:16"As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not listen to you.
• Zechariah 1:4Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets cried out, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts, Return from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.' But they did not hear or pay attention to me, declares the Lord.
• Zechariah 7:11But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears that they might not hear.
• Luke 13:34O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!
• John 3:19And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
• Acts 7:51"You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you.
• 2 Corinthians 2:15For we are the aroma of Christ to God 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 burned offerings to them and adorned herself with her ring and jewelry, and went after her lovers and forgot me, declares 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