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12 All your ·defenses [fortresses] are like fig trees with ripe fruit.
    When the tree is shaken, the figs fall into the mouth of the eater.
13 Look at your soldiers.
    They are all women [C meaning helpless or physically weak]!
The gates of your land
    are wide open for your enemies;
fire has ·burned [consumed; devoured] the bars of your gates.

14 ·Get enough water before the long war begins [Draw water for the siege].
    Make your defenses strong!
Get mud,
    mix clay,
    ·make bricks [strengthen the brickwork]!

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