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Hosea 11:2

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

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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9 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
קָרְא֖וּka.re.'Uthey summonedH7121 →
לָהֶ֑םla.Hem<to> them
כֵּ֚ןkensoH3651 →
הָלְכ֣וּha.le.Khuthey wentH1980 →
מִפְּנֵיהֶ֔םmi.pe.nei.Hemfrom before themH6440 →
לַבְּעָלִ֣יםla.be.'a.Limto the BaalsH1168 →
יְזַבֵּ֔חוּye.za.Be.chuthey sacrificedH2076 →
וְלַפְּסִלִ֖יםve.la.pe.si.Limand to the idolsH6456 →
יְקַטֵּרֽוּן׃ye.ka.te.Runthey made smoke !H6999 →

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Matthew 23:37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!Isaiah 50:2Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.Hosea 2:13I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she decked herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD.Jeremiah 18:15Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway.Isaiah 65:7both for your iniquities and for those of your fathers,” says the LORD. “Because they burned incense on the mountains and scorned Me on the hills, I will measure into their laps full payment for their former deeds.”Jeremiah 7:13And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but you would not answer,Hosea 13:1When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal, and he died.Hosea 11:7My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.Acts 7:51You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.2 Kings 17:13–16Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.”John 3:19And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.Hosea 13:1–2When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal, and he died.Jeremiah 1:16I will pronounce My judgments against them for all their wickedness, because they have forsaken Me to burn incense to other gods and to worship the works of their own hands.Hosea 4:17Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!Isaiah 30:9–11These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.Jeremiah 44:15–17Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, and all the women standing by—a great assembly—along with all the people living in the land of Egypt and in Pathros, said to Jeremiah,Zechariah 7:11But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.1 Kings 16:31–32And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.

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