Nahum 3:14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Draw

2 Chronicles 32:3

Isaiah 22:9

Isaiah 37:25

Fortify

Bible References

Draw

he decided, together with his officers and his soldiers, to stop up the water [supply] from the springs which were outside the city [by enclosing them with masonry and concealing them], and they helped him.

You saw that the breaches
In the wall of the City of David [the citadel of Zion] were many;
You collected [within the city’s walls] the waters of the Lower Pool (Siloam).

‘I dug wells and drank [foreign] waters,
And with the sole of my feet I dried up
All the canals [of the Nile] of Egypt.’

Fortify

The one who scatters has come up against you [Nineveh].

Man the fortress and ramparts, watch the road;

Strengthen your back [prepare for battle], summon all your strength.

“Be broken [in pieces], O peoples, and be shattered!
Listen, all you [our enemies from the] far countries.
Prepare yourselves [for war], and be shattered;
Prepare yourselves [for war], and be shattered.

“Line up the buckler (small shield) and [large] shield,
And advance for battle!

Proclaim this among the [pagan] nations:
Prepare a war! Stir up the mighty men!
Let all the men of war come near, let them come up!