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11 Nineveh, now it's your turn!
You will get drunk and try to hide
    from your enemy.
12 Your fortresses are fig trees
    with ripe figs.
Merely shake the trees,
and fruit will fall
    into every open mouth.
13 Your army is weak.
Fire has destroyed the crossbars
    on your city gates;
now they stand wide open
    to your enemy.

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11 You too will become drunk;(A)
    you will go into hiding(B)
    and seek refuge from the enemy.

12 All your fortresses are like fig trees
    with their first ripe fruit;(C)
when they are shaken,
    the figs(D) fall into the mouth of the eater.
13 Look at your troops—
    they are all weaklings.(E)
The gates(F) of your land
    are wide open to your enemies;
    fire has consumed the bars of your gates.(G)

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