Nahum 3:12

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

Isaiah 28:4

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

Jeremiah 24:2

One basket was full of very good figs that ripened early, and the other was full of rotten figs that were not fit to eat.

Habakkuk 1:10

They make fun of rulers and laugh at fortresses, while building earth mounds so they can capture cities.

Revelation 6:13

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