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