Nahum 3:12
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All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.All your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; when shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater!
In other translations
All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.All your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; when shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater!
Hebrew words
כָּל־kal-allH3605מִבְצָרַיִךְmivtzarayikhfortifications yourH4013תְּאֵנִיםte'enim[are] fig treesH8384עִם־'im-withH5973בִּכּוּרִיםbikurimfirst-fruitsH1061אִם־'im-ifH518יִנּוֹעוּyino'uthey will be shakenH5128וְנָפְלוּvenafeluand they will fallH5307עַל־'al-onH5921פִּיpi[the] mouth ofH6310אוֹכֵל׃'okhelan eaterH398
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Related verses
- Revelation 6:13And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.and the stars of the sky fell to the earth like unripe figs dropping from a tree shaken by a great wind.
- Habakkuk 1:10And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.They scoff at kings and make rulers an object of scorn. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it.
- Isaiah 28:4And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.The fading flower of his beautiful splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest: Whoever sees it will take it in his hand and swallow it.
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