The more they called them, the more they departed from Me. They kept sacrificing to the Baals and burning offerings to idols.

先知越发招呼他们，他们越发走开，向诸巴力献祭，给雕刻的偶像烧香。

先知越是呼唤他们，他们越是远离，向诸巴力献祭，为雕刻的偶像烧香。

先知越是呼唤他们，他们越是远离，向诸巴力献祭，为雕刻的偶像烧香。

可是，我越召唤他们，他们就跑得越远，给巴力献祭，向偶像烧香。

可是我越发呼唤他们，他们越发走开；他们给巴力献祭，向偶像烧香。

先知越發招呼他們，他們越發走開，向諸巴力獻祭，給雕刻的偶像燒香。

先知越是呼喚他們，他們越是遠離，向諸巴力獻祭，為雕刻的偶像燒香。

先知越是呼喚他們，他們越是遠離，向諸巴力獻祭，為雕刻的偶像燒香。

可是，我越召喚他們，他們就跑得越遠，給巴力獻祭，向偶像燒香。

可是我越發呼喚他們，他們越發走開；他們給巴力獻祭，向偶像燒香。

但我越發呼叫他們，他們越發離開了我，去向諸巴力獻祭，給眾雕像燻祭品。

先知召之愈殷、彼則離之愈遠、獻祭於巴力、焚香於雕像、

迄今召之愈殷、背之愈甚、獻祭於巴力、焚香於偶像、

今先知愈召之、彼愈遠避、獻祭於巴力、焚香於偶像、

But the more they were called, the more they went away from me. They sacrificed to the Baals and they burned incense to images.

But the more I called out to Israel, the more they went away from me. They brought sacrifices to the statues of the gods that were named Baal. And they burned incense to them.

The more they were called, the more they went away; they kept sacrificing to the Baals and burning offerings to idols.

But the more I called to him, the farther he moved from me, offering sacrifices to the images of Baal and burning incense to idols.

Israel called to the Egyptians even as Israel was leaving them. They kept sacrificing to the Baals and burning offerings to idols.

The more they called them, The more they went away from them; They kept sacrificing to the Baals And burning incense to idols.

As they called them, So they went from them; They sacrificed to the Baals, And burned incense to carved images.

The more the prophets called them, the more they went from them: they sacrificed unto the Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.

[ As] they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.

But the more I summoned them, the farther they departed from me. They sacrificed to the Baal idols and burned incense to images.

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

And I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, put on her rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers, but forgot Me. This is the Lord’s declaration.

Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to false idols that make them stumble in their ways on the ancient roads and walk on new paths, not the highway.

for your iniquities and the iniquities of your fathers together,” says the Lord.“ Because they burned incense on the mountains and reproached Me on the hills, I will reward them fully for their former deeds.”

When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal and died.Now they continue to sin and make themselves a cast image, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say about them,“ Let the men who sacrifice kiss the calves.”

My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to Him on high, He will not exalt them at all.

“ This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Go, say to the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem: Will you not accept discipline by listening to My words?”— this is the Lord’s declaration.

You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit warned them through Your prophets, but they would not listen. Therefore, You handed them over to the surrounding peoples.

However, all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, all the women standing by— a great assembly— and all the people who were living in the land of Egypt at Pathros answered Jeremiah,“ As for the word you spoke to us in the name of Yahweh, we are not going to listen to you!Instead, we will do everything we said we would: burn incense to the queen of heaven and offer drink offerings to her just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in Judah’s cities and in Jerusalem’s streets. Then we had enough food and good things and saw no disaster,

They are a rebellious people, deceptive children, children who do not want to obey the Lord’s instruction.They say to the seers,“ Do not see,” and to the prophets,“ Do not prophesy the truth to us. Tell us flattering things. Prophesy illusions.Get out of the way! Leave the pathway. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel.”

Now summon all Israel to meet me at Mount Carmel, along with the 450 prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.”

But the Lord told him,“ Listen to the people and everything they say to you. They have not rejected you; they have rejected Me as their king.They are doing the same thing to you that they have done to Me, since the day I brought them out of Egypt until this day, abandoning Me and worshiping other gods.Listen to them, but you must solemnly warn them and tell them about the rights of the king who will rule over them.”

But Yahweh, the God of their ancestors sent word against them by the hand of His messengers, sending them time and time again, for He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place.But they kept ridiculing God’s messengers, despising His words, and scoffing at His prophets, until the Lord’s wrath was so stirred up against His people that there was no remedy.

“ Jerusalem, Jerusalem! She who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!

Moses summoned all Israel and said to them,“ You have seen with your own eyes everything the Lord did in Egypt to Pharaoh, to all his officials, and to his entire land.You saw with your own eyes the great trials and those great signs and wonders.Yet to this day the Lord has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.

Still, the Lord warned Israel and Judah through every prophet and every seer, saying,“ Turn from your evil ways and keep My commands and statutes according to all the law I commanded your ancestors and sent to you through My servants the prophets.”But they would not listen. Instead they became obstinate like their ancestors who did not believe the Lord their God.They rejected His statutes and His covenant He had made with their ancestors and the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, following the surrounding nations the Lord had commanded them not to imitate.They abandoned all the commands of the Lord their God. They made cast images for themselves, two calves, and an Asherah pole. They worshiped the whole heavenly host and served Baal.

Then the Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. They worshiped the Baals and the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and the Philistines. They abandoned Yahweh and did not worship Him.

Then, as if following the sin of Jeroboam son of Nebat were a trivial matter, he married Jezebel, the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and then proceeded to serve Baal and worship him.He set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he had built in Samaria.

“ You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit; as your ancestors did, so do you.

But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they closed their ears so they could not hear.

“ This, then, is the judgment: The light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil.

He offered sacrifices on the altar he had set up in Bethel on the fifteenth day of the eighth month. He chose this month on his own. He made a festival for the Israelites, offered sacrifices on the altar, and burned incense.

Do not be like your ancestors; the earlier prophets proclaimed to them: This is what the Lord of Hosts says: Turn from your evil ways and your evil deeds. But they did not listen or pay attention to Me”— this is the Lord’s declaration.

for they abandoned Him and worshiped Baal and the Ashtoreths.

For to God we are the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.To some we are an aroma of death leading to death, but to others, an aroma of life leading to life. And who is competent for this?

The Israelites did what was evil in the Lord’s sight; they forgot the Lord their God and worshiped the Baals and the Asherahs.