28:4 The withering flower, its beautiful splendor,
situated at the head of a rich valley,
will be like an early fig before harvest –
as soon as someone notices it,
he grabs it and swallows it. 1
9:10 When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the wilderness.
I viewed your ancestors 2 like an early fig on a fig tree in its first season.
Then they came to Baal-Peor and they dedicated themselves to shame –
they became as detestable as what they loved.
1 tn Heb “which the one seeing sees, while still it is in his hand he swallows it.”
2 tn Heb “fathers”; a number of more recent English versions use the more general “ancestors” here.