Hosea 11:2 meaning and explanation

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

Hosea 11:2, Berean Standard Bible

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God is speaking, and the verse sits inside a tender speech about Israel's childhood. He had called his son out of Egypt, but the more he called, the more they pulled away.

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