Charles Ellicott Commentary Hosea 11:2

"The more [the prophets] called them, the more they went from them: they sacrificed unto the Baalim, and burned incense to graven images." — Hosea 11:2 (ASV)

As they (i.e., the prophets) called them, so they (Israel) went from them—sought to avoid the voice and presence of the men of God.