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They have deeply corrupted themselves,
    as in the days of Gibeah.
    He will remember their iniquity.
    He will punish them for their sins.
10 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness.
    I saw your fathers as the first ripe in the fig tree at its first season;
    but they came to Baal Peor, and consecrated themselves to the shameful thing,
    and became abominable like that which they loved.

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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