Hosea 9:10 (WEB)
I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the first ripe in the fig tree at its first season; but they came to Baal Peor, and consecrated themselves to the shameful thing, and became abominable like that which they loved.
Fathers and councils · 2
Irenaeus of Lyons
- Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies Fragments from.55Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenæus
“And that their virtue was thus accepted by God, as the first-fruits of the produce, hear what He has Himself declared: “As a grape,” He says, “I have found Israel in the wilderness, and as first-ripe figs your fathers.”” — editor's note: Hos. ix. 10.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“I think I may add, only too appropriately, I found Israel like a figtree in the wilderness, and like one or two ripe grapes in an unripe cluster, preserved as a blessing from the Lord, and a consecrated firstfruit, though small as yet and scanty, and…” — editor's note: Hos. ix. 10 (LXX.).
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Cross-references · 3
Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.55.
Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.55.
Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.55.