Hos 9:10 | HCSB | STEP | I discovered Israel like grapes in the wilderness . I saw your fathers like the first fruit of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor , consecrated themselves to Shame , and became detestable , like the thing they loved .

Hosea 9:10

Ephraim Bereaved of Offspring

10 I discovered Israel
like grapes in the wilderness. ^a
I saw your fathers
like the first fruit of the fig tree in its first season. ^b
But they went to Baal-peor, ^c
consecrated themselves to Shame, ^{▼▼= Baal
,} ^e
and became detestable, ^f
like the thing they loved.