I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness.
God once found Israel like grapes in the wilderness and like the first fruit on the fig tree, but they went to Baal-peor and consecrated themselves to shame.
This verse contrasts God's early delight in Israel with the nation's willful surrender to idolatrous disgrace.
1Do not rejoice, O Israel, 2The threshing floor and winepress will not feed them, 3They will not remain 4They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, 5What will you do on the appointed day, 6For even if they flee destruction, 7The days of punishment have come; 8The prophet is Ephraim’s watchman, 9They have deeply corrupted themselves 10I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. 11Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, 12Even if they raise their children, 13I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, 14Give them, O LORD— 15All their evil appears at Gilgal, 16Ephraim is struck down; 17My God will reject them