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

1“When Israel was a child, I loved him, and I called my son out of Egypt. 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. 3I myself taught Israel how to walk, leading him along by the hand. But he doesn’t know or even care that it was I who took care of him. 4I led Israel along with my ropes of kindness and love. I lifted the yoke from his neck, and I myself stooped to feed him.

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 11:7For my people are determined to desert me. They call me the Most High, but they don’t truly honor me.
• Deuteronomy 29:2Moses summoned all the Israelites and said to them, “You have seen with your own eyes everything the Lord did in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and to all his servants and to his whole country—
• 1 Samuel 8:7“Do everything they say to you,” the Lord replied, “for they are rejecting me, not you. They don’t want me to be their king any longer.
• 2 Kings 17:13Again and again the Lord had sent his prophets and seers to warn both Israel and Judah: “Turn from all your evil ways. Obey my commands and decrees—the entire law that I commanded your ancestors to obey, and that I gave you through my servants the prophets.”
• 2 Chronicles 36:15The Lord, the God of their ancestors, repeatedly sent his prophets to warn them, for he had compassion on his people and his Temple.
• Nehemiah 9:30In your love, you were patient with them for many years. You sent your Spirit, who warned them through the prophets. But still they wouldn’t listen! So once again you allowed the peoples of the land to conquer them.
• Isaiah 30:9that these people are stubborn rebels who refuse to pay attention to the Lord’s instructions.
• Jeremiah 35:13“This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: Go and say to the people in Judah and Jerusalem, ‘Come and learn a lesson about how to obey me.
• Jeremiah 44:16“We will not listen to your messages from the Lord!
• Zechariah 1:4Don’t be like your ancestors who would not listen or pay attention when the earlier prophets said to them, ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Turn from your evil ways, and stop all your evil practices.’
• Zechariah 7:11“Your ancestors refused to listen to this message. They stubbornly turned away and put their fingers in their ears to keep from hearing.
• Luke 13:34“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones God’s messengers! How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a hen protects her chicks beneath her wings, but you wouldn’t let me.
• John 3:19And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil.
• Acts 7:51“You stubborn people! You are heathen at heart and deaf to the truth. Must you forever resist the Holy Spirit? That’s what your ancestors did, and so do you!
• 2 Corinthians 2:15Our lives are a Christ-like fragrance rising up to God. But this fragrance is perceived differently by those who are being saved and by those who are perishing.
• Hosea 2:13I will punish her for all those times when she burned incense to her images of Baal, when she put on her earrings and jewels and went out to look for her lovers but forgot all about 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

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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