'Turning' in the Bible

When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, he said to him, "Go marry a prostitute who will bear illegitimate children conceived through prostitution, because the nation continually commits spiritual prostitution by turning away from the Lord."

And Jehovah saith unto me: 'Again, go, love a woman, loved of a friend, and an adulteress, like the loved of Jehovah, the sons of Israel, and they are turning unto other gods, and are lovers of grape-cakes.'

"Their actions hinder them from turning to their God, because a spirit of fornication is in their midst, and the LORD they do not know.

Also, O Judah, appointed is a harvest to thee, In My turning back to the captivity of My people!

They will not cry to me from their heart instead, they wail on their beds. They gather together to eat and drink, turning away from me.

And Ephraim is a trained cow, taking pleasure in crushing the grain; but I have put a yoke on her fair neck; I will put a horseman on the back of Ephraim; Judah will be working the plough, Jacob will be turning up the earth.

My people are bent on turning from Me.Though they call to Him on high,He will not exalt them at all.