Nahum 3:12-14

New Catholic Bible

¹² All your fortresses are fig trees
    that bear early fruit.
As soon as they are shaken,
    they fall into the mouth of the eater.
¹³ Look at your troops.
    You are a nation of women.
The gates of your country
    lie open to your enemies;
    fire has consumed the bars of your gates.
¹⁴ Draw yourselves water for the siege!
    Strengthen your fortifications!
Trample the clay,
    tread the mortar,
    repair the brickwork!