Hosea 11:2

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images.

In context

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

2 But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images.

3 It was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them in My arms, but they never realized that it was I who healed them.

4 I led them with cords of kindness, with ropes of love; I lifted the yoke from their necks and bent down to feed them.

BSB Berean Standard Bible: But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images.
KJV King James Version: As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
WEB World English Bible: They called to them, so they went from them. They sacrificed to the Baals, and burned incense to engraved images.
ASV American Standard Version: The more the prophets called them, the more they went from them: they sacrificed unto the Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: They have called to them rightly, They have gone from before them, To lords they do sacrifice, And to graven images they make perfume.
DBY Darby Translation: As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto the Baals, and burned incense to graven images.
WBS Webster Bible: As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed to Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.