But the prophet is a1 fowler’s snare in all his ways—
Enmity in the house of his God.
As in the days of bGibeah.
He will remember their iniquity;
He will punish their sins.
Like grapes in the awilderness;
I saw your fathers
As the bfirstfruits on the fig tree in its first season.
But they went to cBaal Peor,
And1 separated themselves to that shame;
dThey became an abomination like the thing they loved.
No birth, no pregnancy, and no conception!
Yet I will bereave them to the last man.
Yes, awoe to them when I depart from them!
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Hosea 9:10
I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness - While they were faithful, they were as acceptable to me as ripe grapes would be to a thirsty traveler in the desert.
I saw your fathers - Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Joshua, Caleb, Samuel, etc.
As the first ripe - Those grapes, whose bud having come first, and being exposed most to the sun, have been the first ripe upon the tree; which tree was now in the vigor of youth, and bore fruit for the first time. A metaphor of the rising prosperity of the Jewish state.
But they went to Baal-Peor - The same as the Roman Priapus, and worshipped with the most impure rites.
And their abominations were according as they loved - Or, "they became as abominable as the object of their love." So Bp. Newcome. And this was superlatively abominable.
Other Adam Clarke entries containing Hosea 9:10:
Isaiah 28:4
Jeremiah 3:24
Micah 7:1
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