Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Rather, "the fading flower, their glorious beauty (Isaiah 28:1), 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.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Jeremiah 24:2
Hosea 9:10
Micah 7:1
Nahum 3:12
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