Nahum 3:12 meaning and explanation
All your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; when shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater!
Nahum 3:12, Berean Standard Bible
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Nahum speaks God's judgment against Nineveh, the Assyrian capital that had long terrorized the ancient world. Here he mocks the city's defenses: its strongholds will be like a fig tree loaded with early ripe fruit, so ready for harvest that a mere shake drops everything into the eater's mouth.
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