Nahum 3:12-14
English Standard Version
12 All your fortresses are (A)like fig trees
with first-ripe figs—
if shaken they fall
into the mouth of the eater.
13 Behold, your troops
(B)are women in your midst.
The gates of your land
are wide open to your enemies;
fire has devoured your bars.
14 (C)Draw water for the siege;
(D)strengthen your forts;
go into the clay;
tread the mortar;
take hold of the brick mold!
Nahum 3:12-14
Common English Bible
12 All your fortifications are fig trees with ripe fruit;
when the trees are shaken, the fruit falls into the mouth of the eater.
13 Look, your people are women in your midst.
The gates of your land have been flung wide open to your enemies.
Fire consumes the bars of your gates.
14 Draw water for yourself to prepare for siege!
Strengthen your fortifications!
Tread the clay, trample the mortar, grab the brick mold!
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