Nahum 3:14
Siege-water, draw for thyself, strengthen thy fortresses,—go into the clay, and tread thou the mortar, make strong the brick.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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2 Chronicles 32:3he took counsel with his captains and his heroes, to stop the waters of the fountains, which were outside the city,—and they helped him.
Isaiah 8:9Rage, O ye peoples,—and be overthrown, And give ear, all ye distant parts of the earth,—Gird yourselves and be overthrown, Gird yourselves, and be overthrown:
Isaiah 37:25I, have digged, and drunk waters,—That I may dry up, with the soles of my feet, all the Nile-streams of Egypt.
Jeremiah 46:9Mount the horses, And drive the chariots madly on, So let the heroes, go forth,—Ethiopians and Libyans that grasp the buckler, And Lydians that grasp—that tread—the bow, But, that day, belongeth to My Lord Yahweh of hosts—
Nahum 2:1He that breaketh in pieces hath come up over thy face, Keep the keeps,—watch the way, brace the loins, make vigour very firm.
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 →