הושע ט:י פירוש: רש״י

Like grapes in the desert Like grapes, which are precious in the desert, so did I love Israel.

like a ripe fig Heb. כְּבִכּוּרָה, like a ripe fig. on a fig tree Heb. בִתְאֵנָהּ.

in its beginning In the beginning of the ripening of the figs.