Not exactly Sun tzu Art of War. But with God as your general who needs elaborate battle plans. Why the fear of not doing something before death though? Not sure what death meant to the israelites.

Plenty of better things to talk about in this chapter but found this line amusing "Are the trees in the field human, that they should be besieged by you?" Was this really a necessary comparison or a convincing argument? The next paragraph makes sense though, you need trees for food keep them up.