Nahum 3:12

New American Bible - revised edition

But all your fortresses are fig trees, bearing early figs; When shaken, they fall into the devourer’s mouth.

Cross References

Isaiah 28:4

The fading blooms of his glorious beauty at the head of the fertile valley Will be like an early fig before summer: whoever sees it, swallows it as soon as it is in hand.

Jeremiah 24:2

One basket contained excellent figs, those that ripen early. But the other basket contained very bad figs, so bad they could not be eaten.

Habakkuk 1:10

They scoff at kings, ridicule princes; They laugh at any fortress, heap up an earthen ramp, and conquer it.

Revelation 6:13

The stars in the sky fell to the earth like unripe figs shaken loose from the tree in a strong wind.