All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.
All your fortresses are going to be like fig trees loaded with ripe fruit, one shake and everything falls right into your enemy's hands.
When your defenses are fake strong, they crumble at the first real test.
📚 Historical Context
Nahum was a prophet in the 7th century BC who delivered God's message of judgment against Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian Empire, which had brutally conquered and oppressed nations like Israel. In this verse, Nahum uses the metaphor of fig trees with ripe figs that fall easily when shaken to illustrate how the seemingly invincible fortifications of Nineveh would collapse under divine judgment. This prophecy was historically fulfilled when Nineveh was destroyed by the Babylonians in 612 BC.
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