Isaiah 28:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Samaria above a fertile valley will quickly lose its glory. It will be gobbled up like the first ripe fig at harvest season.

Cross References

Isaiah 28:1

The city of Samaria above a fertile valley is in for trouble! Its leaders are drunkards, who stuff themselves with food and wine. But they will be like flowers that dry up and wilt.

Isaiah 8:4

Because before he can say ‘Mummy’ or ‘Daddy’, the king of Assyria will attack and take everything of value from Damascus and Samaria.”

Hosea 13:1

When your leaders spoke, everyone in Israel trembled and showed great respect. But you sinned by worshipping Baal, and you were destroyed.

Hosea 13:15

No matter how much you prosper more than the other tribes, I, the LORD, will wipe you out, just as a scorching desert wind dries up streams of water. I will take away your precious treasures.

Hosea 6:4

People of Israel and Judah, what can I do with you? Your love for me disappears more quickly than mist or dew at sunrise.

Hosea 9:16

Israel, you are a vine with dried up roots and fruitless branches. Even if you had more children and loved them dearly, I would slaughter them all.

Micah 7:1

I feel so empty inside— like someone starving for grapes or figs, after the vines and trees have all been picked clean.

Nahum 3:12

Your fortresses are fig trees with ripe figs. Merely shake the trees, and fruit will fall into every open mouth.

Revelation 6:13

The stars in the sky fell to earth, just like figs shaken loose by a storm.