Nahum 2:11

Where now is the lions' den, the place where the young lion cubs were fed, 1 the place where the lion and lioness walked, with the cubs, where they were afraid of nothing? 1

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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

10Nineveh is empty and ruined. Everyone's heart melts, everyone's knees strike together, 1 and anguish is in everyone; their faces are all pale. 1

12The lion tore his victims to pieces for his cubs; he strangled victims for his lionesses, 1 and filled his cave with victims, his dens with torn carcasses. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 49:9Judah is a lion's cub. My son, 1 you have gone up from your victims. 1 He stooped down, he crouched like a lion, like a lioness. 1 Who would dare to awaken him? 1

Isaiah 5:29Their roaring will be like a lion; they will roar like young lions. 1 They will growl and seize the prey and drag it away, with none to rescue. 1

Isaiah 31:4This is what Yahweh says to me, 1 “As a lion, even a young lion, growls over its torn prey, 1 when a group of shepherds is called out against it, 1 but it does not tremble at their voices, nor creep away from their sound; 1 thus Yahweh of hosts will descend to fight on Mount Zion, on that hill. 1

Jeremiah 4:7A lion is coming out from his thicket 1 and someone who will destroy nations is setting out. 1 He is leaving his place to bring horror to your land, 1 to turn your cities into ruins, where no one will live. 1

Jeremiah 50:44Behold! He goes up like a lion from the heights of the Jordan to the enduring grazing place 1 For I will quickly cause them to run from it, and I will put someone who will be chosen in charge of it. 1 For who is like me, and who will summon me? What shepherd is able to resist me? 1

Joel 2:6At their presence people are in anguish 1 and all their faces become 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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