Nahum 2:11

She is empty, and void, and stripped; 1 and the lev melteth, 1 and the knees give way, 1 bodies tremble, 1 and the faces of them all grow pale. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion’s whelp, and none made them afraid?

In Context

10Take ye the plunder of kesef, take the plunder of zahav; 1 for there is no end of the treasures, 1 heaps of kol keli chemdah (every delightful vessel). 1

12Where is the ma'on arayot (den of lions), 1 and the feeding place of the young lions, 1 where the aryeh, even the lioness, 1 walked with their cubs, and none made them afraid? 1

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Cross References

Genesis 49:9Yehudah is the cub of an aryeh (lion); 1 from the prey, beni (my son), thou hast gone up; 1 he stooped down, he couched like an aryeh, 1 and like a lioness; who shall rouse him? 1

Isaiah 5:29Their roaring shall be like a lion, 1 they shall roar like young lions; 1 yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the teref, 1 and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it. 1

Isaiah 31:4For thus saith Hashem unto me, 1 Just as the aryeh (lion) and the young lion roars over his prey, 1 when a multitude of ro'im (shepherds) is called forth against him, 1 he will not be afraid of their clamor, 1 nor disturb himself because of the noise of them; 1 so shall Hashem Tzva'os come down 1 to fight for Mount Tziyon, 1 and for the givah (hill) thereof. 1

Jeremiah 4:7The aryeh (lion) is come up from his thicket, 1 and the Mashkhit Goyim (Destroyer of the Nations), + 4:7 i.e., Babylon is on his way, 1 he is gone forth from his place to make thy eretz desolate; 1 and thy cities shall be made to lie in ruins, without an inhabitant. 1

Jeremiah 50:44Hinei, like an aryeh (lion) coming up from the thicket of the Yarden unto perennial pastures, I will make them suddenly run away from her; and who is the Bachur (Chosen One) that over her I will appoint? For who is like Me? And who can arraign Me? And who is that Ro'eh that will stand before Me?

Joel 2:6Before their face, the amim (nations) shall be in anguish; 1 every face turns pale. 1

Matthew Henry on Nahum 2:2-11

The Judgment of Nineveh. ( b. c. 710.) 1 He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily. 2 For the Lord hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches. 3 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be… Read the whole commentary →

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