Hosea 11:2 - King James Version - American Edition As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Ba´alim, and burned incense to graven images. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The more [the prophets] called to them, the more they went from them; they kept sacrificing to the Baals and burning incense to the graven images. American Standard Version (1901) The more the prophets called them, the more they went from them: they sacrificed unto the Baalim, and burned incense to graven images. Common English Bible The more I called them, the further they went from me; they kept sacrificing to the Baals, and they burned incense to idols. Catholic Public Domain Version They called them, and so they departed before their face. They offered victims to the Baals, and they sacrificed to graven images. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As they called them, they went away from before their face: they offered victims to Baalim, and sacrificed to idols. |
So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth–el the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.
Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Ba´al four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jez´ebel's table.
Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy Spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hands of the people of the lands.
your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the Lord, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.
Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the Lord.
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.
And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the Most High, none at all would exalt him.
And I will visit upon her the days of Ba´alim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the Lord.
They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good. Therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.
Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evildoings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the Lord.
But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord, and served Ba´alim, and Ash´toreth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the Lord, and served not him.
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and forgat the Lord their God, and served Ba´alim and the groves.