Isaiah 17:6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
6 [a]Only gleanings shall be left in it,
as when an olive tree has been beaten—
Two or three olives at the very top,
four or five on its most fruitful branches—
oracle of the Lord, the God of Israel.(A)
Nahum 3:12
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
12 But all your fortresses are fig trees,
bearing early figs;[a]
When shaken, they fall
into the devourer’s mouth.
Footnotes
- 3:12 Early figs: the refugees from Nineveh who escape to presumably secure fortresses.
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