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”