Nahum 3:14

Judgment on Nineveh · Nahum 3:1–19
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Translations

Modern
Draw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Work the clay and tread the mortar; repair the brick kiln!
Traditional
Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.
Literal
Draw for yourself water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses; Go into the clay and tread on the mortar; take hold or the brick kiln.
Latin
Aquam propter obsidionem hauri tibi: exstrue munitiones tuas, intra in lutum, et calca, subigens tene laterem.

Original

Hebrew
English
Draw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Work the clay and tread the mortar; repair the brick kiln!

Notes

Draw … strengthen: Nahum used sarcasm (sharp words meant to mock) to show that no amount of preparation could protect the Assyrians from God’s judgment. He also used this same sarcastic tone in Nahum 2:11–13.

Events

Glossary

Book of Nahum

Topics

Armies: March in Ranks: Fortifications Brick-Kiln: General Scriptures Concerning Brick: Made by Israelites Mortar: A Cement: To be Trodden to Make Firm Sieges: Cities Invested by Repaired and Newly Fortified Beforehand Sieges: Cities Invested by Supplied with Water Beforehand