Hosea 9:9-10
New Living Translation
9 The things my people do are as depraved
as what they did in Gibeah long ago.
God will not forget.
He will surely punish them for their sins.
10 The Lord says, “O Israel, when I first found you,
it was like finding fresh grapes in the desert.
When I saw your ancestors,
it was like seeing the first ripe figs of the season.
But then they deserted me for Baal-peor,
giving themselves to that shameful idol.
Soon they became vile,
as vile as the god they worshiped.
Hosea 9:9-10
International Standard Version
9 They have corrupted themselves deeply,
as did Gibeah[a] in its day.
Therefore God[b] will remember their lawlessness,
and he will pay them back for their sins.
10 “I found Israel,
as one finds[c] grapes in the wilderness;
Your ancestors seemed to me like the fruit
gleaned from a fig tree’s first harvest.
When they went to Baal-peor,[d]
they devoted themselves to that filth,
and they became loathsome,
like what they loved.
Footnotes
- Hosea 9:9 Cf. Judg 19:1
- Hosea 9:9 Lit. he
- Hosea 9:10 The Heb. lacks finds
- Hosea 9:10 Cf. Num 25:1-3
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