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OET (OET-LV) Water of_siege draw to/for_you(fs) strengthen fortifications_your go in/on/at/with_clay and_tread in/on/at/with_mortar take_hold_of a_brick-mould.
OET (OET-RV) Get water from the wells to store for the siege.
⇔ Strengthen your fortifications.
⇔ Fetch clay and start working it.
⇔ Get the molds ready to make bricks.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / irony
(Occurrence 0) Go draw water for the siege … pick up the molds for the bricks
(Some words not found in UHB: water siege draw to/for=you(fs) strengthen fortifications,your go in/on/at/with,clay and,tread in/on/at/with,mortar take_hold brick_mould )
Nahum speaks to the people of Nineveh. He tells them to prepare for battle and to repair the walls, although he knows that the enemy will destroy the city.
(Occurrence 0) strengthen your fortresses
(Some words not found in UHB: water siege draw to/for=you(fs) strengthen fortifications,your go in/on/at/with,clay and,tread in/on/at/with,mortar take_hold brick_mould )
Alternate translation: “repair the fortifications”
(Occurrence 0) go into the clay and tread the mortar; pick up the molds for the bricks
(Some words not found in UHB: water siege draw to/for=you(fs) strengthen fortifications,your go in/on/at/with,clay and,tread in/on/at/with,mortar take_hold brick_mould )
These phrases refer to making mud bricks that they will use to repair the city’s wall.
3:14 Get ready . . . Strengthen: Nahum used sarcasm to stress that no amount of preparation would make the Assyrians able to withstand God’s wrath (note also the sarcastic tone of 2:11-13).
OET (OET-LV) Water of_siege draw to/for_you(fs) strengthen fortifications_your go in/on/at/with_clay and_tread in/on/at/with_mortar take_hold_of a_brick-mould.
OET (OET-RV) Get water from the wells to store for the siege.
⇔ Strengthen your fortifications.
⇔ Fetch clay and start working it.
⇔ Get the molds ready to make bricks.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.