Nahum 3:14
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Draw thee water for the siege, build up thy bulwarks: go into the clay, and tread, work it and make brick.

Draw.

2 Chronicles 32:3,4,11 He took counsel with the princes, and the most valiant men, to stop up the heads of the springs, that were without the city: and as they were all of this mind, . . .

Isaiah 22:9-11 And you shall see the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and you have gathered together the waters of the lower pool, . . .

Isaiah 37:25 I have digged, and drunk water, and have dried up with the sole of my foot, all the rivers shut up in banks.

fortify.

Nahum 2:1 He is come up that shall destroy before thy face, that shall keep the siege: watch the way, fortify thy loins, strengthen thy power exceedingly.

Isaiah 8:9 Gather yourselves together, O ye people, and be overcome, and give ear, all ye lands afar off: strengthen yourselves, and be overcome, gird yourselves, and be overcome.

Jeremiah 46:3,4,9 Prepare ye the shield and buckler, and go forth to battle. . . .

Joel 3:9-11 Proclaim ye this among the nations: Prepare war, raise up the strong: let them come, let all the men of war come up. . . .

Context
Judgment Against Nineveh
13Behold thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open to thy enemies, the fire shall devour thy bars. 14Draw thee water for the siege, build up thy bulwarks: go into the clay, and tread, work it and make brick.15There shall the fire devour thee: thou shalt perish by the sword, it shall devour thee like the bruchus: assemble together like the bruchus, make thyself many like the locust.…
Cross References
2 Chronicles 32:3
He took counsel with the princes, and the most valiant men, to stop up the heads of the springs, that were without the city: and as they were all of this mind,

2 Chronicles 32:4
He gathered together a very great multitude, and they stopped up all the springs, and the brook, that ran through the midst of the land, saying: Lest the kings of the Assyrians should come, and find abundance of water.

Jeremiah 46:3
Prepare ye the shield and buckler, and go forth to battle.

Nahum 2:1
He is come up that shall destroy before thy face, that shall keep the siege: watch the way, fortify thy loins, strengthen thy power exceedingly.

Lexicon
Draw
שַֽׁאֲבִי־ (ša·’ă·ḇî-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7579: To bale up water

your
לָ֔ךְ (lāḵ)
Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

water
מֵ֤י (mê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

for the siege;
מָצוֹר֙ (mā·ṣō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4692: Something hemming in, a mound, a siege, distress, a fastness

strengthen
חַזְּקִ֖י (ḥaz·zə·qî)
Verb - Piel - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer

your fortresses.
מִבְצָרָ֑יִךְ (miḇ·ṣā·rā·yiḵ)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4013: A fortification, castle, fortified city, a defender

Work
בֹּ֧אִי (bō·’î)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

the clay
בַטִּ֛יט (ḇaṭ·ṭîṭ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2916: Mud, clay, calamity

and tread
וְרִמְסִ֥י (wə·rim·sî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7429: To tread upon

the mortar;
בַחֹ֖מֶר (ḇa·ḥō·mer)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2563: A bubbling up, of water, a wave, of earth, mire, clay, a heap, a chomer, dry measure

repair
הַחֲזִ֥יקִי (ha·ḥă·zî·qî)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer

the brick [kiln]!
מַלְבֵּֽן׃ (mal·bên)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4404: A brick mold, quadrangle


Additional Translations
Draw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Work the clay and tread the mortar; repair the brick kiln!Draw you waters for the siege, fortify your strong holds: go into clay, and tread the mortar, make strong the brick kiln.

Draw thee water for the siege; strengthen thy fortresses; go into the clay, and tread the mortar; make strong the brickkiln.

Draw thee water for a siege, and well secure thy strong-holds: enter into the clay, and be thou trodden in the chaff, make the fortifications stronger than brick.

Draw thee water for the siege, strengthen thy fortresses; go into the clay, and tread the mortar, make strong the brick-kiln.

Draw thee water for the siege, strengthen thy fortresses: go into the clay, and tread the mortar, make strong the brickkiln.

Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the mortar, make strong the brick-kiln.

Draw water for the siege. Strengthen your fortresses. Go into the clay, and tread the mortar. Make the brick kiln strong.

Waters of a siege draw for thyself, Strengthen thy fortresses, Enter into mire, and tread on clay, Make strong a brick-kiln.
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