Hosea 9:10

I found Israel — The Lord speaks of himself in the person of a traveller, who unexpectedly in the wilderness finds a vine loaded with grapes; such love did God bear to Israel. Your fathers — Whom I brought out of Egypt. As the first — ripe — As the earliest ripe fruit of the fig — tree, which is most valued and desired. Separated themselves — Consecrated themselves to that shameful idol. Their abominations — Their idols, and way of worshipping them. As they loved — As they fancied.