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 \v 10 Yahweh says, "When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the wilderness.
-\q Like the firstfruit of the season on the fig tree, I found your fathers.
+\q Like the very first fruit of the season on the fig tree, I found your fathers.
 \q But they went to Baal Peor,
 \q and they devoted themselves to that shameful idol.
 \q They became as detestable as the idol they loved.