KJVAll 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 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 your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; when 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.
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.
Nahum — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
1. Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not; 1. O urbs sanguinaria! Tota mendacio (vertunt) rapina plena est; non recedit praeda (vel, non recedet praeda.) The Prophet, as I have said, more clearly expresses here the reason why the vengeance…