Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Ironical exhortation to Nineveh to defend herself.
Draw . . . waters—so as not to be without water for drinking, in the event of being cut off by the besiegers from the fountains.
make strong the brick-kiln—or "repair" so as to have a supply of bricks formed of kiln-burnt clay, to repair breaches in the ramparts, or to build new fortifications inside when the outer ones are taken by the foe.
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