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Isaiah 28:4

Isaiah 28:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

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." ; ;

eateth: Heb. swalloweth

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