Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
thy strongholds—on the borders of Assyria, protecting the approaches to Nineveh: "the gates of thy land" (Nahum 3:13).
fig trees with the first ripe figs—expressing the rapidity and ease of the capture of Nineveh (compare Isaiah 28:4; Revelation 6:13).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Nahum 3:12:
Nahum 2:8
Revelation 6:13
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