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Nahum 3:13–14

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13Behold, your troops

tare women in your midst.

The gates of your land

are wide open to your enemies;

fire has devoured your bars.

14uDraw water for the siege;

rstrengthen your forts;

go into the clay;

tread the mortar;

take hold of the brick mold!

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Cross references

  1. tIsa. 19:16; Jer. 51:30
  2. u[Isa. 22:11]
  3. r[See ver. 11 above]

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Look at your troops—

they are all weaklings.

The gates of your land

are wide open to your enemies;

fire has consumed the bars of your gates.

Draw water for the siege,

strengthen your defenses!

Work the clay,

tread the mortar,

repair the brickwork!

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Look, your troops are like women among you;

your land’s city gates

are wide open to your enemies.

Fire will devour the bars of your gates.

Draw water for the siege;

strengthen your fortresses.

Step into the clay and tread the mortar;

take hold of the brick-mold!

NLTNew Living Translation

Your troops will be as weak

and helpless as women.

The gates of your land will be opened wide to the enemy

and set on fire and burned.

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Look! Your troops are like women in your midst.

The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies;

fire will consume the bars of your gates.

Draw water for a siege!

Strengthen your fortifications!

Go to the mud pit!

Trample the clay!

Grasp the brick mold!

KJV 1900King James Version

Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women:

The gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies:

The fire shall devour thy bars.

Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds:

Go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.