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Hosea 11:2 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" They called to them, so they went from them. They sacrificed to the Baals, and burned incense to engraved images. "

Hosea 11:2

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

2 They called to them, so they went from them. They sacrificed to the Baals, and burned incense to engraved images.

3 Yet I taught Ephraim to walk. I took them by their arms, but they didn’t know that I healed them.

4 I drew them with cords of a man, with ties of love; and I was to them like those who lift up the yoke on their necks; and I bent down to him and I fed him.

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2 Kings 17:16

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"They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made molten images for themselves, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served Baal."

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1 Kings 18:26

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"They took the bull which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, “Baal, hear us!” But there was no voice, and nobody answered. They leaped about the altar which was made."

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2 Chronicles 34:4

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"They broke down the altars of the Baals in his presence; and he cut down the incense altars that were on high above them. He broke the Asherah poles, the engraved images, and the molten images in pieces, made dust of them, and scattered it on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them."

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Exodus 32:8

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"They have turned away quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a molded calf, and have worshiped it, and have sacrificed to it, and said, ‘These are your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.’”"

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2 Chronicles 28:2

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"but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and also made molten images for the Baals."

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Numbers 25:2

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"for they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods. The people ate and bowed down to their gods."

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Hosea 11:1

"“When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt."

Hosea 11:3

"Yet I taught Ephraim to walk. I took them by their arms, but they didn’t know that I healed them."

Hosea 11:4

"I drew them with cords of a man, with ties of love; and I was to them like those who lift up the yoke on their necks; and I bent down to him and I fed him."

Hosea 11:5

"“They won’t return into the land of Egypt; but the Assyrian will be their king, because they refused to repent."

Hosea 11:6

"The sword will fall on their cities, and will destroy the bars of their gates, and will put an end to their plans."

Hosea 11:7

"My people are determined to turn from me. Though they call to the Most High, he certainly won’t exalt them."

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