Graphic Bible · Scene 12 of 19

Ripe figs fall from a branch into an open hand with fortresses distant behind.
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Nahum 3:12

First-ripe Figs Fall

The City of Bloodshed Has No Comforter · Nahum 3

Story guide: The falling figs illustrate the comparison of Nineveh’s fortresses with first-ripe fruit that drops easily when shaken.

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12All your fortresses are fig trees with first-ripe figs; if they are shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.

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