Matthew Poole and continuators on Nahum 3:14

14 Draw thee waters for the siege , fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter , make strong the brick-kill .

Fill all thy Cisterns, and make more, that thou want not for drink, ye draw the waters into the ditches, or graft about every Fort

which thine Enemies will lay against thee.

Repair all decays, and strengthen all that is weak.

Set thy Brick-makers on work to prepare store of strongest Bricks,

that the materials for thy Fortifications may be firm and good, all this is spoken with an Ironie, or derision of their fruitless labour.