Nahum 3:12-14

New International Reader's Version

¹² All your forts are like fig trees
    that have their first ripe fruit on them.
When the trees are shaken,
    the figs fall into the mouths
    of those who eat them.
¹³ Look at your troops.
    All of them are weak.
The gates of your forts
    are wide open to your enemies.
    Fire has destroyed the bars that lock your gates.

¹⁴ Prepare for the attack by storing up water!
    Make your walls as strong as you can!
Make some bricks out of clay!
    Mix the mud to hold them together!
    Use them to repair the walls!