Context 14Draw for yourself water for the siege!Strengthen your fortifications! Go into the clay and tread the mortar! Take hold of the brick mold! 15There fire will consume you, 16You have increased your traders more than the stars of heaven 17Your guardsmen are like the swarming locust. 18Your shepherds are sleeping, O king of Assyria; 19There is no relief for your breakdown, Parallel Verses American Standard VersionDraw thee water for the siege; strengthen thy fortresses; go into the clay, and tread the mortar; make strong the brickkiln. Douay-Rheims Bible Draw thee water for the siege, build up thy bulwarks: go into the clay, and tread, work it and make brick. Darby Bible Translation Draw thee water for the siege, strengthen thy fortresses; go into the clay, and tread the mortar, make strong the brick-kiln. English Revised Version Draw thee water for the siege, strengthen thy fortresses: go into the clay, and tread the mortar, make strong the brickkiln. 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. 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. Library "Nineveh, that Great City"Among the cities of the ancient world in the days of divided Israel one of the greatest was Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian realm. Founded on the fertile bank of the Tigris, soon after the dispersion from the tower of Babel, it had flourished through the centuries until it had become "an exceeding great city of three days' journey." Jonah 3:3. In the time of its temporal prosperity Nineveh was a center of crime and wickedness. Inspiration has characterized it as "the bloody city, . . . full … Ellen Gould White—The Story of Prophets and Kings The Tenth Commandment Nahum Links Nahum 3:14 NIV • Nahum 3:14 NLT • Nahum 3:14 ESV • Nahum 3:14 NASB • Nahum 3:14 KJV • Nahum 3:14 Bible Apps • Nahum 3:14 Parallel • Bible Hub |