And the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
Which is at the head of the [a]fertile valley,
Will be like the (A)first-ripe fig prior to the summer,
Which [b]one sees,
And [c]as soon as it is in his [d]hand,
He swallows it.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 28:4 Lit valley of fatness
  2. Isaiah 28:4 Lit the one seeing sees
  3. Isaiah 28:4 Lit while it is yet
  4. Isaiah 28:4 Lit palm

10 I found Israel like (A)grapes in the wilderness;
I saw your forefathers as the (B)earliest fruit on the fig tree in its first season.
But they came to (C)Baal-peor and devoted themselves to [a](D)shame,
And they became as (E)detestable as that which they loved.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 9:10 I.e., Baal

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