Nahum 3:12

All your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; when shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater!

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

11You too will become drunk; you will go into hiding and seek refuge from the enemy.

13Look at your troops—they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars.

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Cross References

Habakkuk 1:10They scoff at kings and make rulers an object of scorn. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it.

Matthew Henry on Nahum 3:9-19

The Judgment of Nineveh. ( b. c. 710.) 8 Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea? 9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers. 10 Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. 11… Read the whole commentary →

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