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11 You also will be drunken,
    you will go into hiding;[a]
you will seek
    a refuge from the enemy.
12 All your fortresses are like fig trees
    with first-ripe figs—
if shaken they fall
    into the mouth of the eater.
13 Look at your troops:
    they are women in your midst.
The gates of your land
    are wide open to your foes;
    fire has devoured the bars of your gates.

14 Draw water for the siege,
    strengthen your forts;
trample the clay,
    tread the mortar,
    take hold of the brick-mould!
15 There the fire will devour you,
    the sword will cut you off.
    It will devour you like the locust.

Multiply yourselves like the locust,
    multiply like the grasshopper!

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 3:11 Meaning of Heb uncertain

11 You too will become drunk;(A)
    you will go into hiding(B)
    and seek refuge from the enemy.

12 All your fortresses are like fig trees
    with their first ripe fruit;(C)
when they are shaken,
    the figs(D) fall into the mouth of the eater.
13 Look at your troops—
    they are all weaklings.(E)
The gates(F) of your land
    are wide open to your enemies;
    fire has consumed the bars of your gates.(G)

14 Draw water for the siege,(H)
    strengthen your defenses!(I)
Work the clay,
    tread the mortar,
    repair the brickwork!
15 There the fire(J) will consume you;
    the sword(K) will cut you down—
    they will devour you like a swarm of locusts.
Multiply like grasshoppers,
    multiply like locusts!(L)

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