Translations
Modern
Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!”
Traditional
And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
Literal
And now they add to sin, and have made for themselves molten images idols from their silver according to their skill, the work of craftsmen, all of them. They say of them, “Those who sacrifice man, they will kiss the calves.”
Latin
Et nunc addiderunt ad peccandum; feceruntque sibi conflatile de argento suo quasi similitudinem idolorum: factura artificum totum est: his ipsi dicunt: Immolate homines, vitulos adorantes.
Interlinear
Hebrew
English
Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!”
Notes
The Hebrew word for idols is the same as the one used for the golden calf (Exodus 32:4, 8; see also Hosea 10:5–6; Amos 5:5–6).
Kiss the calves!: Canaanite religious ceremonies involved kissing images of Baal (1 Kings 19:18).
Events
- Prophecies of Hoseac. 785 BC
Glossary
Topics
Calves of Jeroboam were Kissed in Adoration Idolatry: Objects of, Worshipped by Kissing Them Idolatry: Other Customs of Kissing Idolatry: Warnings Against, and Punishments of Silver: Idols Sin: Progressive