en_tn/hos/09/10.md

Yahweh is speaking.

it was like finding grapes in the wilderness...Like the first fruit of the season on the fig tree

God is using parallel expressions to show the initial spiritual state of the nation of Israel. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)

it was like finding grapes in the wilderness

God first compares the people of Israel to grapes. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)

Like the first fruit of the season on the fig tree

And again God compares the nation of Israel to new fresh figs. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)

But they went to Baal Peor

Baal Peor was a mountain in the land of Moab on which Baal was worshiped.