they. The callers: i.e. the prophets, &c. who called to them.
them. The Septuagint and Syriac read "Me".
they. Israel.
sacrificed. kept sacrificing. Compare Hosea 2:13. Hos 13:2. 2 Kings 17:16.
Related Commentaries of Hosea 11:2
Hosea 11:2
2 As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.