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17 lines
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Yahweh is speaking.
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## it was like finding grapes in the wilderness...Like the first fruit of the season on the fig tree ##
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God is using parallel expressions to show the initial spiritual state of the nation of Israel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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## it was like finding grapes in the wilderness ##
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God first compares the people of Israel to grapes. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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## Like the first fruit of the season on the fig tree ##
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And again God compares the nation of Israel to new fresh figs. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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## But they went to Baal Peor ##
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Baal Peor was a mountain in the land of Moab on which Baal was worshiped.
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