Isaiah 28:4
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4 (A)and the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
which is on the head of the rich valley,
will be like (B)a first-ripe fig[a] before the summer:
when someone sees it, he swallows it
as soon as it is in his hand.
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- Isaiah 28:4 Or fruit
Nahum 3:12
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12 All your fortresses are (A)like fig trees
with first-ripe figs—
if shaken they fall
into the mouth of the eater.
Micah 7:1
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Wait for the God of Salvation
7 Woe is me! For I have become
(A)as when the summer fruit has been gathered,
as when the grapes have been gleaned:
there is no cluster to eat,
no (B)first-ripe fig that my soul desires.
Isaiah 28:1
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Judgment on Ephraim and Jerusalem
28 Ah, the proud crown of (A)the drunkards of Ephraim,
and the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
which is on the head of the rich valley of those overcome with wine!
Revelation 6:13
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13 and (A)the stars of the sky fell to the earth (B)as the fig tree sheds its winter fruit when shaken by a gale.
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James 1:10-11
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10 and (A)the rich in his humiliation, because (B)like a flower of the grass[a] he will pass away. 11 For the sun rises with its scorching heat and (C)withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
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- James 1:10 Or a wild flower
Hosea 13:15
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15 Though (A)he may flourish among his brothers,
(B)the east wind, the wind of the Lord, shall come,
rising from the wilderness,
(C)and his fountain shall dry up;
his spring shall be parched;
it shall strip (D)his treasury
of every precious thing.
Hosea 13:1
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The Lord's Relentless Judgment on Israel
13 When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling;
(A)he was exalted in Israel,
but he incurred guilt (B)through Baal and died.
Hosea 9:16
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16 Ephraim is stricken;
(A)their root is dried up;
they shall bear no fruit.
Even (B)though they give birth,
(C)I will put their beloved children to death.
Hosea 9:10-11
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10 Like grapes in the wilderness,
(A)I found Israel.
Like the first fruit on the fig tree
in its first season,
I saw your fathers.
But (B)they came to Baal-peor
and (C)consecrated themselves to the thing of shame,
and (D)became detestable like the thing they loved.
11 Ephraim's (E)glory shall fly away like a bird—
(F)no birth, no pregnancy, no conception!
Psalm 73:19-20
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19 How they are destroyed (A)in a moment,
swept away utterly by (B)terrors!
20 Like (C)a dream when one awakes,
O Lord, when (D)you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms.
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