Nahum 3:12
Cross References

All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with their green figs: if they be shaken, they shall fall into the mouth of the eater.

Revelation 6:13
And the stars from heaven fell upon the earth, as the fig tree casteth its green figs when it is shaken by a great wind.

Isaiah 28:4
And the fading tower the glory of his joy, who is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as a hasty fruit before the ripeness of autumn: which when he that seeth it shall behold, as soon he taketh it in his hand, he will eat it up.

Jeremiah 24:2
One basket had very good figs, like the figs of the first season: and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, because they were bad.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with their green figs: if they be shaken, they shall fall into the mouth of the eater.

Habakkuk 1:10 And their prince shall triumph over kings, and princes shall be his laughingstock: and he shall laugh at every strong hold, and shall cast up a mount, and shall take it.

Revelation 6:13 And the stars from heaven fell upon the earth, as the fig tree casteth its green figs when it is shaken by a great wind.

Context
Judgment Against Nineveh
11Therefore thou also shalt be made drunk, and shalt be despised: and thou shalt seek help from the enemies. 12All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with their green figs: if they be shaken, they shall fall into the mouth of the eater.13Behold thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open to thy enemies, the fire shall devour thy bars.…
Lexicon
All
כָּ֨ל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

your fortresses
מִבְצָרַ֔יִךְ (miḇ·ṣā·ra·yiḵ)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4013: A fortification, castle, fortified city, a defender

are fig trees
תְּאֵנִ֖ים (tə·’ê·nîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8384: Of foreign derivation, the fig

with
עִם־ (‘im-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5973: With, equally with

the first ripe figs;
בִּכּוּרִ֑ים (bik·kū·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1061: The first-fruits of the crop

when
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

shaken,
יִנּ֕וֹעוּ (yin·nō·w·‘ū)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5128: To quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter

they fall
וְנָפְל֖וּ (wə·nā·p̄ə·lū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5307: To fall, lie

into
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the mouth
פִּ֥י (pî)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

of the eater!
אוֹכֵֽל׃ (’ō·w·ḵêl)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat


Additional Translations
All your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; when shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater!All your strong holds shall be like fig trees with the first ripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.

All thy fortresses shall be like fig-trees with the first-ripe figs: if they be shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.

All thy strong-holds are as fig-trees having watchers: if they be shaken, they shall fall into the mouth of the eater.

All thy strongholds are [like] fig-trees with the first-ripe figs: if they be shaken, they even fall into the mouth of the eater.

All thy fortresses shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.

All thy strong holds shall be like fig-trees with the first ripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.

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

All thy fortresses are fig-trees with first-fruits, If they are shaken, They have fallen into the mouth of the eater.
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