Nahum 2:11-13

11 Where is the lions' den, the feeding place of ¹the young lions, where the lion and lioness went, where his cubs were, with ²none to disturb?

12 ³The lion tore enough for his cubs and ⁴strangled prey for his lionesses; he filled his caves with prey and his dens with torn flesh.

13 ⁵Behold, I am against you, declares the LORD of hosts, and ⁶I will burn your^[a] chariots in smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and ⁷the voice of your messengers shall no longer be heard.

Nahum 2:11-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NAHUM 2

This chapter gives an account of the destruction of the city of Nineveh; describes the instruments of it as very terrible and powerful, and not to be resisted, Na 2:1-4. The manner of taking it, the flight of its inhabitants, and the spoil of its riches and treasures, Na 2:5-10 and the king and the princes thereof, compared to a lion, and a lion's whelp, are insulted as being without a den or dwelling place, because of their cruelty and ravening, for which the Lord was against them, and threatened them with utter ruin, which he brought upon them, Na 2:11-13.

Cross References

• 1. Isaiah 5:29; Jeremiah 2:15
• 2. See Isaiah 17:2
• 3. [Ezekiel 19:3]
• 4. [ver. 9; Nahum 3:1]
• 5. Nahum 3:5; [Zephaniah 2:5]; See Ezekiel 13:8
• 6. [Psalms 46:9]
• 7. [2 Kings 19:9, 23]

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew her