Nah 3:12 | JFB | STEP | 12. thy strongholds-- on the borders of Assyria, protecting the approaches to Nineveh: "the gates of thy land" ( ). fig trees with the first ripe figs-- expressing the rapidity and ease of the capture of Nineveh (compare ; ).

‏ Nahum 3:12

12. thy strongholds--on the borders of Assyria, protecting the approaches to Nineveh: "the gates of thy land" (Na 3:13).

fig trees with the first ripe figs--expressing the rapidity and ease of the capture of Nineveh (compare Is 28:4; Re 6:13).