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Habakkuk 3:17

King James Version (KJV)

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Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither [shall] fruit [be] in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and [there shall be] no herd in the stalls:

Habakkuk 3:17 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Habakkuk 3:17

Theological / Devotional

Fig tree. In this verse are presented the baleful effects of the Babylonian invasion, the destruction of the “fig” and “olive” trees, so highly prized in Palestine, along with the equally needed “vines,” grain, and cattle. Thus it will be again during the final scenes of earth’s history, when the earth will be similarly desolated (see DA 122; GC 629).

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