Hosea 11:3

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

Key Reflection

In Hosea 11:3, these verses describe Israel's spiritual wandering and idolatry after being called by God. Despite His efforts to draw them close, they repeatedly turned away, sacrificing to false gods like the Baals and burning incense to idols, betraying their covenant with Yahweh and embracing false worship instead.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

I taught Ephraim also to go -Literally, “and I set Ephraim on his feet;” i. e., while they were rebelling, I was helping and supporting them, as a nurse doth her child, teaching it to go with little steps, step by step, “accustoming it to go by little and little without weariness;” and not only so, but “taking them by their arms;” or it may be equally translated, “He took them in His arms,” i. e., God not only gently “taught” them “to walk,” but when they were wearied, “He took them up in His arms,” as a nurse doth a child when tired with its little attempts to walk.

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