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Nahum 3:12-14
New Catholic Bible
Nahum 3:12-14
New Catholic Bible
The Situation of Nineveh Is Desperate[a]
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!
Footnotes
- Nahum 3:12 What good, then, is it to work to repair the gaps with clay and intrigues.