Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Draw water for the siege, strengthen your defenses! Work the clay, tread the mortar, repair the brickwork! New Living Translation Get ready for the siege! Store up water! Strengthen the defenses! Go into the pits to trample clay, and pack it into molds, making bricks to repair the walls. English Standard Version Draw water for the siege; strengthen your forts; go into the clay; tread the mortar; take hold of the brick mold! Berean Standard Bible Draw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Work the clay and tread the mortar; repair the brick kiln! King James Bible Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln. New King James Version Draw your water for the siege! Fortify your strongholds! Go into the clay and tread the mortar! Make strong the brick kiln! New American Standard Bible Draw for yourself water for a siege! Strengthen your fortifications! Go into the clay and tread the mortar! Take hold of the brick mold! NASB 1995 Draw for yourself water for the siege! Strengthen your fortifications! Go into the clay and tread the mortar! Take hold of the brick mold! NASB 1977 Draw for yourself water for the siege! Strengthen your fortifications! Go into the clay and tread the mortar! Take hold of the brick mold! Legacy Standard Bible Draw for yourself water for the siege! Strengthen your fortifications! Go into the clay and tread the mortar! Take hold of the brick mold! Amplified Bible Draw water for a [long, continued] siege! Strengthen your fortresses! Go down to the clay pits, trample the mortar! Prepare the brick kiln [to burn bricks for the rampart]! Christian Standard Bible Draw water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Step into the clay and tread the mortar; take hold of the brick-mold! Holman Christian Standard Bible Draw water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Step into the clay and tread the mortar; take hold of the brick-mold! American Standard Version Draw thee water for the siege; strengthen thy fortresses; go into the clay, and tread the mortar; make strong the brickkiln. Contemporary English Version Your city is under attack. Haul in extra water! Strengthen your defenses! Start making bricks! Stir the mortar! English Revised Version Draw thee water for the siege, strengthen thy fortresses: go into the clay, and tread the mortar, make strong the brickkiln. GOD'S WORD® Translation Store water for the siege! Strengthen your defenses! Step into the claypits and trample the clay! Grab the brick mold! Good News Translation Draw water to prepare for a siege, and strengthen your fortresses! Trample the clay to make bricks, and get the brick molds ready! International Standard Version "Draw water, because a siege is coming! Strengthen your fortresses! Make the clay good and strong! Mix the mortar! Go get your brick molds! Majority Standard Bible Draw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Work the clay and tread the mortar; repair the brick kiln! NET Bible Draw yourselves water for a siege! Strengthen your fortifications! Trample the mud and tread the clay! Make mud bricks to strengthen your walls! New Heart English Bible Draw water for the siege. Strengthen your fortresses. Go into the clay, and tread the mortar. Make the brick kiln strong. Webster's Bible Translation Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the mortar, make strong the brick-kiln. World English Bible Draw water for the siege. Strengthen your fortresses. Go into the clay, and tread the mortar. Make the brick kiln strong. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionWaters of a siege draw for yourself, "" Strengthen your fortresses, "" Enter into mire, and tread on clay, "" Make strong a brick-kiln. Young's Literal Translation Waters of a siege draw for thyself, Strengthen thy fortresses, Enter into mire, and tread on clay, Make strong a brick-kiln. Smith's Literal Translation Draw the water of the siege to thee, strengthen thy fortresses go into clay, tread upon the clay, hold fast from the brick. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleDraw thee water for the siege, build up thy bulwarks: go into the clay, and tread, work it and make brick. Catholic Public Domain Version Draw in water because of the blockade; build up your fortresses. Go into the clay and tread; work it to make brick. New American Bible Draw water for the siege, strengthen your fortresses; Go down into the mud and tread the clay, take hold of the brick mold! New Revised Standard Version Draw water for the siege, strengthen your forts; trample the clay, tread the mortar, take hold of the brick mold! Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleDraw water for the siege, fortify your strongholds; mix the clay, tread the mortar, strengthen the foundations. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Draw for yourself water in the siege and strengthen your fortified cities; bring in mud and tread in clay and strengthen counsel OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Draw thee water for the siege, Strengthen thy fortresses; Go into the clay, and tread the mortar, Lay hold of the brickmould. Brenton Septuagint Translation 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Judgment Against Nineveh…13Look at your troops—they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars. 14Draw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Work the clay and tread the mortar; repair the brick kiln! 15There the fire will devour you; the sword will cut you down and consume you like a young locust. Make yourself many like the young locust; make yourself many like the swarming locust!… Cross References Isaiah 22:11 You built a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or consider Him who planned it long ago. Jeremiah 46:3-4 “Deploy your shields, small and large; advance for battle! / Harness the horses; mount the steeds; take your positions with helmets on! Polish your spears; put on armor! Ezekiel 4:9 But take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt; put them in a single container and make them into bread for yourself. This is what you are to eat during the 390 days you lie on your side. 2 Kings 20:20 As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, along with all his might and how he constructed the pool and the tunnel to bring water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? Isaiah 30:1 “Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin. Jeremiah 51:12 Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon; post the guard; station the watchmen; prepare the ambush. For the LORD has both devised and accomplished what He spoke against the people of Babylon. Ezekiel 21:9-10 “Son of man, prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord says: ‘A sword, a sword, sharpened and polished— / it is sharpened for the slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! Should we rejoice in the scepter of My son? The sword despises every such stick. Isaiah 8:9-10 Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered! / Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.” Jeremiah 46:14 “Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol; proclaim it in Memphis and Tahpanhes: ‘Take your positions and prepare yourself, for the sword devours those around you.’ Ezekiel 21:15-16 So that their hearts may melt and many may stumble, I have appointed at all their gates a sword for slaughter. Yes, it is ready to flash like lightning; it is drawn for slaughter. / Slash to the right; set your blade to the left—wherever your blade is directed. Isaiah 22:8-10 He has uncovered the defenses of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest. / You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the City of David. You collected water from the lower pool. / You counted the houses of Jerusalem and tore them down to strengthen the wall. Jeremiah 51:11 Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of the LORD—vengeance for His temple. Ezekiel 21:19-20 “Now you, son of man, mark out two roads for the sword of the king of Babylon to take, both starting from the same land. And make a signpost where the road branches off to each city. / Mark out one road for the sword to come against Rabbah of the Ammonites, and another against Judah into fortified Jerusalem. Isaiah 31:5 Like birds hovering overhead, so the LORD of Hosts will protect Jerusalem. He will shield it and deliver it; He will pass over it and preserve it.” Jeremiah 46:9 Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth—Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow. Treasury of Scripture Draw you waters for the siege, fortify your strong holds: go into clay, and tread the mortar, make strong the brick kiln. Draw. 2 Chronicles 32:3,4,11 He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him… Isaiah 22:9-11 Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool… Isaiah 37:25 I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places. fortify. Nahum 2:1 He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily. Isaiah 8:9 Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. Jeremiah 46:3,4,9 Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle… Jump to Previous Brick Brickkiln Brick-Kiln Clay Defenses Draw Earth Feet Fortifications Fortify Fortresses Forts Hold Holds Kiln Lay Mortar Morter Potter's Repair Shut Siege Stamping Strengthen Strong Time Towns Tread Water Waters WorkJump to Next Brick Brickkiln Brick-Kiln Clay Defenses Draw Earth Feet Fortifications Fortify Fortresses Forts Hold Holds Kiln Lay Mortar Morter Potter's Repair Shut Siege Stamping Strengthen Strong Time Towns Tread Water Waters WorkNahum 3 1. The destruction of Nineveh.Draw your water for the siege This phrase is a call to prepare for an impending siege, a common military tactic in ancient times. The Hebrew word for "draw" (שָׁאַב, sha'ab) implies an active effort to gather resources. In the context of Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, this is a prophetic warning that their enemies will soon surround them. Historically, sieges were prolonged, and water was a critical resource. Spiritually, this can be seen as a call for believers to prepare themselves spiritually, drawing from the living water that Christ offers (John 4:14). Strengthen your fortresses Work the clay and tread the mortar Repair the brick kiln Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Drawשַֽׁאֲבִי־ (ša·’ă·ḇî-) Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular Strong's 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 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen for the siege; מָצוֹר֙ (mā·ṣō·wr) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4692: Something hemming in, a mound, a siege, distress, a fastness strengthen חַזְּקִ֖י (ḥaz·zə·qî) Verb - Piel - Imperative - feminine singular Strong's 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 4013: A fortification, castle, fortified city, a defender Work בֹּ֧אִי (bō·’î) Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go the clay בַטִּ֛יט (ḇaṭ·ṭîṭ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2916: Mud, clay, calamity and tread וְרִמְסִ֥י (wə·rim·sî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular Strong's 7429: To tread upon the mortar; בַחֹ֖מֶר (ḇa·ḥō·mer) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 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 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer the brick [kiln]! מַלְבֵּֽן׃ (mal·bên) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4404: A brick mold, quadrangle Links Nahum 3:14 NIVNahum 3:14 NLT Nahum 3:14 ESV Nahum 3:14 NASB Nahum 3:14 KJV Nahum 3:14 BibleApps.com Nahum 3:14 Biblia Paralela Nahum 3:14 Chinese Bible Nahum 3:14 French Bible Nahum 3:14 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Nahum 3:14 Draw water for the siege (Nah. 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