Hosea 11:2

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

Hosea 12:1

1Ephraim feeds on the wind
and pursues cthe east wind all day long;
they multiply dfalsehood and violence;
ethey make a covenant with Assyria,
and foil is carried to Egypt.

Hosea 13:2

2And now they sin more and more,
and gmake for themselves metal images,
idols skillfully made of their silver,
hall of them the work of craftsmen.
It is said of them,
“Those who offer human sacrifice ikiss calves!”
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