Nahum 3:14

Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.

Draw {H7579} thee waters {H4325} for the siege {H4692}, fortify {H2388} thy strong holds {H4013}: go {H935} into clay {H2916}, and tread {H7429} the morter {H2563}, make strong {H2388} the brickkiln {H4404}.

Draw water for the siege! Strengthen your fortifications! Go down in the clay, tread the mortar, Take hold of the mold for bricks!

Draw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Work the clay and tread the mortar; repair the brick kiln!

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

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Cross-References

  • 2 Chronicles 32:3 (4 votes)

    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.

  • 2 Chronicles 32:4 (4 votes)

    So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?

  • Nahum 2:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ 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.

  • Jeremiah 46:9 (2 votes)

    Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle [and] bend the bow.

  • Isaiah 37:25 (2 votes)

    I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.

  • Isaiah 22:9 (2 votes)

    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 22:11 (2 votes)

    Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.