17 lines
656 B
Markdown
17 lines
656 B
Markdown
# General Information:
|
|
|
|
Nahum continues to speak to the people of Nineveh as though they were the city itself. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
|
|
|
|
# Go draw water for the siege ... pick up the molds for the bricks
|
|
|
|
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. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-irony]])
|
|
|
|
# strengthen your fortresses
|
|
|
|
"repair the fortifications"
|
|
|
|
# go into the clay and tread the mortar; pick up the molds for the bricks
|
|
|
|
These phrases refer to making mud bricks that they will use to repair the city's wall.
|
|
|