Nahum 3:12
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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.…
Cross References
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.

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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