Nahum 2:11-13

11 Where is the den of the lions And the feeding place of the ¹young lions, Where * the lion, lioness and lion's cub prowled, With nothing to disturb them?

12 The lion tore enough for his cubs, Killed enough for his lionesses, And filled his lairs with prey And his dens with torn flesh.

13 "Behold, ²I am against you," declares the LORD of hosts. "I will ³burn up her chariots in smoke, a sword will devour your young lions; I will ⁴cut off your prey from the land, and no longer will the voice of your messengers 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
• 2. Jeremiah 21:13; Ezekiel 5:8; Nahum 3:5
• 3. Joshua 11:6, 9; Psalms 46:9
• 4. Isaiah 49:24, 25; Nahum 3:1

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "Strangled"