Hosea 9:10

⁸ The prophet is Ephraim’s watchman, along with my God, yet the snare of the fowler lies on all his paths. Hostility is in the house of his God!

⁹ They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt; He will punish their sins.

I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as the thing they loved.

¹¹ Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.

¹² Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them!

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as the thing they loved.
KJV: I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baal-peor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.
WEB: 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.
ASV: 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 unto the shameful thing, and became abominable like that which they loved.
DARBY: I found Israel as grapes in the wilderness; as first-ripe fruit on the fig-tree, I saw your fathers at the beginning: they went to Baal-Peor, and separated themselves unto that shame, and became abominations like their lover.
BLB: Like grapes in the wilderness, I found Israel; as the firstfruits on the fig tree in its first season, I saw your⁺ fathers. They went [to] Baal-peor and dedicated themselves to that shame, and they became as detestable as that which they loved!

ÅB: Som druer i ørkenen fant jeg Israel, som den tidligste frukt på et fikentre i dets første tid så jeg deres fedre; men da de kom til Ba'al-Peor, vidde de seg til avgudsdyrkelsen og ble avskyelige slik som den de elsket.
OTB: Jeg fant Israel som druer i ørkenen;
Jeg verdsatte deres forfedre som den tidligste frukt på fikentreet i dets første sesong.
Men de gikk til Ba'al-Peor for å vie seg til skam,
Og de ble like avskyelige for meg som alt de satte pris på der.
B1930: Som druer i ørkenen fant jeg Israel, som den tidligste frukt på et fikentre i dets første tid så jeg eders fedre; men da de kom til Ba'al-Peor, vidde de sig til avgudsdyrkelsen og blev vederstyggelige likesom den de elsket.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Jeremiah 11:13
Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up—the altars to burn incense to Baal—are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’
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Hosea 4:14
I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. So a people without understanding will come to ruin.
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Numbers 25:1–18
While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,
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Ezekiel 20:8
But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the land of Egypt.
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Hosea 2:15
There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.
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Psalms 106:28–29
They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.
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Jeremiah 2:2–3
“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.
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Amos 4:5
Offer leavened bread as a thank offering, and loudly proclaim your freewill offerings. For that is what you children of Israel love to do,” declares the Lord GOD.
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