'First' in the Bible

Woe to those who are at ease in Zionand to those who feel secure on the hill of Samaria—the notable people in this first of the nations,those the house of Israel comes to.

Therefore, they will now go into exileas the first of the captives,and the feasting of those who sprawl outwill come to an end.

The Lord God showed me this: He was forming a swarm of locusts at the time the spring crop first began to sprout—after the cutting of the king’s hay.