In Nahum 2:1, the same ironic command to prepare for siege appears, highlighting Nineveh's futile defenses.

2 Chronicles 32:3 describes Hezekiah stopping water sources to defend against siege — the same defensive tactic Nahum mocks as futile.

2 Chronicles 32:4 continues the same account — Hezekiah's people stop all springs, the very strategy Nahum says will fail.

Isaiah 8:9 also mocks nations preparing for battle only to be shattered, echoing the futility of Nineveh's preparations.

Isaiah 22:9-11 describes Jerusalem storing water and fortifying walls against siege — the same defensive measures Nahum says are pointless.

Isaiah 37:25 boasts of drinking foreign waters — the opposite of Nahum's command to store water for a doomed defense.