Isaiah 28:4 (KJV)

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And the glorious beauty which is on the head of the fat valley shall be a fading flower and as the hasty fruit before the summer which when he that looketh upon it seeth while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up

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shall be. Isa 28:1 Ps 73:19 Ps 73:20 Ho 6:4 Ho 9:10 Ho 9:11 Ho 9:16 Ho 13:1 Ho 13:15 Jas 1:10 Jas 1:11

the hasty."No sooner," says Dr. Shaw, "doth the {boccore} (or early fig) draw near to perfection in the middle or latter end of June, than the {kermez,} or summer fig, begins to be formed, though it rarely ripens before August; about which time the same tree frequently throws out a third crop, or winter fig, as we may call it. This is usually of a much longer shape and darker complexion than the {kermez,} hanging and ripening upon the tree, even after the leaves are shed; and, provided the winter proves mild and temperate, is gathered as a delicious morsel in the spring." Mic 7:1 Na 3:12 Re 6:13

eateth. Heb. swalloweth.

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