Isaiah 28:4

Modern English Version

and the fading flower of its glorious beauty, which is at the head of the fertile valley, shall be like a first-ripe fig before the summer, which when one sees, while it is yet in his hand, he eats it up.

Cross References

Isaiah 28:1

Woe to the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower which is at the head of the fertile valley of those who are overcome with wine!

Isaiah 8:4

For before the child knows how to cry “My father” and “My mother,” the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.

Hosea 13:1

When Ephraim spoke, trembling, he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal worship and he died.

Hosea 13:15

Though he be fruitful among his brothers, the east wind will come, a wind of the Lord, rising from the wilderness. And his spring shall become dry, his fountain shall be dried up. It shall plunder his treasury of every desirable thing.

Hosea 6:4

What shall I do to you, O Ephraim? What shall I do to you, O Judah? Your faithfulness is like a morning cloud, and like the early dew it goes away.

Hosea 9:16

Ephraim is stricken, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit. Even though they give birth, I will slay the beloved offspring of their womb.

Micah 7:1

Woe is me! Because I am as the gathering of summer fruit, as the gleaning of grapes; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that my soul desires.

Nahum 3:12

All your fortresses are like fig trees with first-ripe figs: If they are shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.

Revelation 6:13

And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its unripe figs when it is shaken by a strong wind.