Hosea 11:2
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Hosea 11:2 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Hosea 11:2 is a verse from the book of Hosea in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Hosea 11:2 — KJV
“As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.”
— Hosea 11:2 (KJV)
Hosea 11:2 in Context — About the Book of Hosea
Hosea lived his sermon: commanded to marry an unfaithful wife and keep bringing her home, he became a walking picture of God's scandalous love for wandering Israel. The book aches with betrayal yet ends with healing for backsliders and love that will not let go.
Cross-References for Hosea 11:2
“And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, 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.”
Shares key themes with Hosea 11:2: went, baalim, burned
“But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him. quarries: or, graven images”
Shares key themes with Hosea 11:2: went, graven, images
“Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD.”
Shares key themes with Hosea 11:2: sacrificed, burned, incense
“He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan. images: Heb. statues Nehushtan: that is, A piece of brass”
Shares key themes with Hosea 11:2: called, incense, images
“And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them. the images: or, the sun images graves: Heb. face of the graves”
Shares key themes with Hosea 11:2: sacrificed, baalim, images
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