1 “When Israel was a child, I loved him,

and out of Egypt I called my son.

2 But the more they were called,

the more they went away from me.

They sacrificed to the Baals

and they burned incense to images.

1 When Israel was a child, I loved him,

and out of Egypt I called my son.

2 The more they were called,

the more they went away;

they kept sacrificing to the Baals

and burning offerings to idols.

1 When Israel was a child, then I loved him,

And called my son out of Egypt.

2 As they called them, so they went from them:

They sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.

1 “When Israel was a child, I loved him,

and I called my son out of Egypt.

2 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.

1 “When Israel was a child, I loved him,

and I called my son out of Egypt.

2 But when I called the people of Israel,

they went away from me.

They offered sacrifices to the Baals

and burned incense to the idols.

1 When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. 2 The more the prophets called them, the more they went from them: they sacrificed unto the Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.

1 When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. 2 As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto the Baals, and burned incense to graven images.

1 “When Israel was a child, I loved him, 

and I called my son out of Egypt. 

2 The more I called them,the farther they went away. 

They sacrificed to other gods—the Baals, 

and they burned incense to idols. 

1 When Israel was a child, I loved him,

and out of Egypt I called My son.

2 The more they called them,

the more they departed from Me.

They kept sacrificing to the Baals

and burning offerings to idols.

1 When Israel was a child, I loved him,

and out of Egypt I called my son.

2 The more I called them,

the more they went from me;

they kept sacrificing to the Baals,

and offering incense to idols.

1 When Israel was a child, I loved him,

and out of Egypt I called my son.

2 When I called them, they went from my face.

They sacrificed to the Baals, and they sacrificed to idols.

1 The Lord continues,

“When Israel was a young nation, I loved them.

I chose to bring my son out of Egypt.

2 But the more I called out to Israel,

the further they went away from me.

They brought sacrifices to the statues of the gods

that were named after Baal.

And they burned incense to them.

1 When Israel was a youth I loved him,

And out of Egypt I called My son.

2 The more they called them,

The more they went from them;

They kept sacrificing to the Baals

And burning incense to idols.