Nahum 3:12-14

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¹²All your fortresses are like fig trees
    with first-ripe figs—
if shaken they fall
    into the mouth of the eater.^(A)
¹³Look 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.^(B)

¹⁴Draw water for the siege;
    strengthen your forts;
trample the clay;
    tread the mortar;
    take hold of the brick mold!