Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 28:4

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4. Rather, "the fading flower, their glorious beauty ( :- ), which is on the head of the fat (fertile) valley, shall be as the early fig" [G. V. SMITH]. Figs usually ripened in August; but earlier ones ( Hebrew bikkurah, Spanish bokkore ) in June, and were regarded as a delicacy ( Jeremiah 24:2 ; Hosea 9:10 ; Micah 7:1 ). while it is yet —that is, immediately, without delay; describing the eagerness of the Assyrian Shalmaneser, not merely to conquer, but to destroy utterly Samaria; whereas other conquered cities were often spared. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-5" class="com-number"

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