Nahum 3:14
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14 (A)Draw water for the siege;
(B)strengthen your forts;
go into the clay;
tread the mortar;
take hold of the brick mold!
Nahum 2:1
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The Destruction of Nineveh
2 (A)The scatterer has come up against you.
(B)Man the ramparts;
watch the road;
dress for battle;[a]
collect all your strength.
Footnotes
- Nahum 2:1 Hebrew gird your loins
2 Chronicles 32:3-4
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3 he planned with his officers and his mighty men to stop the water of the springs that were outside the city; and they helped him. 4 A great many people were gathered, and they stopped all the springs and (A)the brook that flowed through the land, saying, “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find much water?”
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Joel 3:9-11
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9 Proclaim this among the nations:
(A)Consecrate for war;[a]
stir up the mighty men.
Let all the men of war draw near;
let them come up.
10 (B)Beat your plowshares into swords,
and (C)your pruning hooks into spears;
let the weak say, “I am a warrior.”
11 (D)Hasten and come,
all you surrounding nations,
and gather yourselves there.
(E)Bring down your warriors, O Lord.
Footnotes
- Joel 3:9 Or Consecrate a war
Jeremiah 46:9
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9 (A)Advance, O horses,
and rage, O chariots!
Let the warriors go out:
men of Cush and (B)Put who handle the shield,
(C)men of Lud, skilled in handling the bow.
Jeremiah 46:3-4
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3 (A)“Prepare buckler and shield,
and advance for battle!
4 (B)Harness the horses;
mount, O horsemen!
Take your stations with your helmets,
(C)polish your spears,
put on your armor!
Isaiah 37:25
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Isaiah 22:9-11
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9 and you saw that (A)the breaches of the city of David were many. (B)You collected the waters of the lower pool, 10 and you counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall. 11 (C)You made a reservoir between (D)the two walls for the water of (E)the old pool. But (F)you did not look to him who did it, or see him who planned it long ago.
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Isaiah 8:9
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9 Be broken,[a] you peoples, and (A)be shattered;[b]
give ear, all you far countries;
strap on your armor and be shattered;
strap on your armor and be shattered.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 8:9 Or Be evil
- Isaiah 8:9 Or dismayed
2 Chronicles 32:11
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11 Is not Hezekiah misleading you, that he may give you over to die by famine and by thirst, when he tells you, “The Lord our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria”?
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