They have deeply corrupted themselves(A)
as in the days of Gibeah.(B)
He will remember their iniquity;
he will punish their sins.(C)

Ephraim Bereaved of Offspring

10 I discovered Israel
like grapes in the wilderness.(D)
I saw your ancestors
like the first fruit of the fig tree in its first season.(E)
But they went to Baal-peor,(F)
consecrated themselves to Shame,[a](G)
and became abhorrent,(H)
like the thing they loved.

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Footnotes

  1. 9:10 = Baal

They deeply corrupted themselves[a]
    as in the days of Gibeah;
he will remember their sin,
    he will punish their sins.
10 Like the grapes in the wilderness,
    I found Israel.
Like early ripened fruit on the fig tree in the first season,[b]
    I saw your ancestors.[c]
They themselves came to Baal Peor,
    and they consecrated themselves to shame.
And they became detestable things,
    like the thing they love.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 9:9 Literally “They made deep, they corrupted themselves”
  2. Hosea 9:10 Or “in the beginning”
  3. Hosea 9:10 Or “fathers”
  4. Hosea 9:10 Literally “like loving things”

They have sunk deep into corruption,(A)
    as in the days of Gibeah.(B)
God will remember(C) their wickedness
    and punish them for their sins.(D)

10 “When I found Israel,
    it was like finding grapes in the desert;
when I saw your ancestors,
    it was like seeing the early fruit(E) on the fig(F) tree.
But when they came to Baal Peor,(G)
    they consecrated themselves to that shameful idol(H)
    and became as vile as the thing they loved.

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