12All your fortresses are fig trees
with the first ripe figs;
when shaken, they fall
into the mouth of the eater!
13Look at your troops —
they are like your women!
The gates of your land
are wide open to your enemies;
fire consumes their bars.
14Draw your water for the siege;
strengthen your fortresses.
Work the clay and tread the mortar;
repair the brick kiln!
15There the fire will devour you;
the sword will cut you down
and consume you like a young locust.
Make yourself many like the young locust;
make yourself many like the swarming locust!
— Nahum 3:12-15