24 From the time of our youth
the shameful one[a] has consumed
what our ancestors have worked for—
their flocks and their herds,
their sons and their daughters.

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  1. 3:24 = Baal

24 From our youth shameful(A) gods have consumed
    the fruits of our ancestors’ labor—
their flocks and herds,
    their sons and daughters.

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Ephraim Bereaved of Offspring

10 I discovered Israel
like grapes in the wilderness.(A)
I saw your ancestors
like the first fruit of the fig tree in its first season.(B)
But they went to Baal-peor,(C)
consecrated themselves to Shame,[a](D)
and became abhorrent,(E)
like the thing they loved.

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  1. 9:10 = Baal

10 “When I found Israel,
    it was like finding grapes in the desert;
when I saw your ancestors,
    it was like seeing the early fruit(A) on the fig(B) tree.
But when they came to Baal Peor,(C)
    they consecrated themselves to that shameful idol(D)
    and became as vile as the thing they loved.

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