Grietje Commelin

“From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near”

“Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food

“He proclaimed aloud and said thus: ‘Chop down the tree and lop off its branches, strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the

“And on the banks, on both sides of the river, there will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither, nor