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Nahum 3:14

Go draw water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses; 1 go into the clay and tread the mortar; 1 pick up the molds for the bricks. 1

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In The King James Version

Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.

In Context

13See, the people among you are women; 1 the gates of your land have been opened wide to your enemies; 1 fire has devoured their bars. 1

15Fire will devour you there, and the sword will destroy you. It will devour you as young locusts devour everything. 1 Make yourselves as many as the young locusts, as many as the full-grown locusts. 1

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 32:3he consulted with his leaders and his powerful men to stop up the waters of the springs that were outside the city; they helped him do so.

Isaiah 8:9You peoples will be broken to pieces. Listen, all you distant countries: 1 arm yourselves for war and be broken in pieces; arm yourselves and be broken in pieces. 1

Isaiah 37:25I have dug wells and drunk water; + 37:25 Some ancient and modern versions have I have dug wells and drunk water in foreign lands . 1 I dried up all the rivers of Egypt under the soles of my feet.' 1

Jeremiah 46:9Go up, horses. Be angry, you chariots. Let the soldiers go out, 1 Cush and Put, men skillful with a shield, and Ludim, men skillful at bending their bows.' 1

Nahum 2:1The one who will dash you to pieces is coming up against you. 1 Man the city walls, guard the roads, 1 make yourselves strong, assemble your armies. 1

Matthew Henry on Nahum 3:9-19

The Judgment of Nineveh. ( b. c. 710.) 8 Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea? 9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers. 10 Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. 11… Read the whole commentary →

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