Isaiah 28:4

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 

Hosea 9:10

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.

[28:4]  ¹ tn Heb “which the one seeing sees, while still it is in his hand he swallows it.”

[9:10]  ² tn Heb “fathers”; a number of more recent English versions use the more general “ancestors” here.