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

He struggled with the angel and overcame him; he wept and begged for his favor. He found him at Bethel and talked with him there—