Bible in Basic English
"When I sent for them, then they went away from me; they made offerings to the Baals, burning perfumes to images."
— Hosea 11:2, Bible in Basic English
“As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.”
“The more the prophets called them, the more they went from them: they sacrificed unto the Baalim, and burned incense to graven images. ”
“They called to them, so they went from them. They sacrificed to the Baals, and burned incense to engraved images.”
“But the more I summoned them, the farther they departed from me. They sacrificed to the Baal idols and burned incense to images.”
When Israel was a child he was dear to me; and I took my son out of Egypt.
When I sent for them, then they went away from me; they made offerings to the Baals, burning perfumes to images.
But I was guiding Ephraim's footsteps; I took them up in my arms, but they were not conscious that I was ready to make them well.
I made them come after me with the cords of a man, with the bands of love; I was to them as one who took the yoke from off their mouths, putting meat before them.
He will go back to the land of Egypt and the Assyrian will be his king, because they would not come back to me.