“You were dead through the trespasses and sins in which you once lived, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work among those who are disobedient. All of us once lived among them in the passions of our flesh, following the desires of flesh and senses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like everyone else” Ephesians 2:1-3 (NRSV)

“they shall all sit …under their own fig trees, and no one shall make them afraid” (Micah 4:4 NRSV) “they shall all sit …under their own fig trees, and no one shall make them afraid” (Micah 4:4 NRSV), or as a statement about God’s judgement “When I wanted to gather them, says the Lord, there are no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree; even the leaves are withered, and what I gave them has passed away from them” (Jeremiah 8:13 NRSV).