Nahum 3:12-19

Nahum 3:12-19

[12] All thy strong holds  shall be like fig trees  with the firstripe figs:  if they be shaken,  they shall even fall  into the mouth  of the eater.  [13] Behold, thy people  in the midst  of thee are women:  the gates  of thy land  shall be set wide  unto thine enemies:  the fire  shall devour  thy bars.  [14] Draw  thee waters  for the siege,  fortify  thy strong holds:  go  into clay,  and tread  the morter,  make strong  the brickkiln.  [15] There shall the fire  devour  thee; the sword  shall cut thee off,  it shall eat thee up  like the cankerworm:  make thyself many  as the cankerworm,  make thyself many  as the locusts.  [16] Thou hast multiplied  thy merchants  above the stars  of heaven:  the cankerworm  spoileth,  and flieth away.  [17] Thy crowned  are as the locusts,  and thy captains  as the great grasshoppers,  which camp  in the hedges  in the cold  day,  but when the sun  ariseth  they flee away,  and their place  is not known  where  [18] Thy shepherds  slumber,  O king  of Assyria:  thy nobles  shall dwell  in the dust: thy people  is scattered  upon the mountains,  and no man gathereth  [19] There is no healing  of thy bruise;  thy wound  is grievous:  all that hear  the bruit  of thee shall clap  the hands  over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness  passed  continually?