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TWOT Reference: 262a
The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: בעל.
Baal = "lord"
supreme male divinity of the Phoenicians or Canaanites
a Reubenite
the son of Jehiel and grandfather of Saul
a town of Simeon, probably identical to Baalath-beer
Strong's Number H1168 matches the Hebrew בַּעַל (baʿal),
which occurs 13 times in 12 verses in 'Jer'
in the WLC Hebrew.
The priests quit asking, “Where is the LORD? ”
The experts in the law no longer knew me,
and the rulers rebelled against me.
The prophets prophesied by[fn] Baal
and followed useless idols.
How can you protest, “I am not defiled;
I have not followed the Baals”?
Look at your behavior in the valley;
acknowledge what you have done.
You are a swift young camel
twisting and turning on her way,
“ ‘Do you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known?
“Instead, they followed the stubbornness of their hearts and followed the Baals as their ancestors taught them.”
“Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, Judah, and the altars you have set up to Shame[fn] — altars to burn incense to Baal — as numerous as the streets of Jerusalem.
“The LORD of Armies who planted you has decreed disaster against you, because of the disaster[fn] the house of Israel and the house of Judah brought on themselves when they angered me by burning incense to Baal.”
“If they will diligently learn the ways of my people — to swear by my name, ‘As the LORD lives,’ just as they taught my people to swear by Baal — they will be built up among my people.
“They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal, something I have never commanded or mentioned; I never entertained the thought.[fn]
Among the prophets of Samaria
I saw something disgusting:
They prophesied by Baal
and led my people Israel astray.
“Through their dreams that they tell one another, they plan to cause my people to forget my name as their ancestors forgot my name through Baal worship.
“The Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come and set this city on fire. They will burn it, including the houses where incense has been burned to Baal on their rooftops and where drink offerings have been poured out to other gods to anger me.
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