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Nahum 2:11 Cross-References
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“Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?”
Nahum 2:11 (KJV)
Commentary on Nahum 2:11
Where is the dwelling of the lions (ayyeh me'on arayot, אַיֵּה מְעוֹן אֲרָיוֹת)—Nahum's rhetorical question mocks Nineveh's vanished power. Assyria consistently used lion imagery to represent itself: palace walls featured carved lion hunts, kings compared themselves to lions, lions symbolized royal might. The me'on (מָעוֹן, dwelling/den) suggests a secure lair where predators rest between hunts.And the feedingplace of the young lions (umire'eh lakkephirim)—the place where young lions (kephirim, כְּפִירִים) feed. Where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made the...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Nahum 2:11
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“they shall roar”
“and yelled; and they have made his land waste: his cities are burned up”
“my son”
“As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds is called together against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them, so Yahweh of Armies will come down to fight on Mount Zion and on its heights.,For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof., כִּי כֹה אָמַר־יְהוָה אֵלַי כַּאֲשֶׁר יֶהְגֶּה הָאַרְיֵה וְהַכְּפִיר עַל־טַרְפּוֹ אֲשֶׁר יִקָּרֵא עָלָיו מְלֹא רֹעִים מִקּוֹלָם לֹא יֵחָת וּמֵהֲמוֹנָם לֹא יַעֲנֶה כֵּן יֵרֵד יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת לִצְבֹּא עַל־הַר־צִיּוֹן וְעַל־גִּבְעָתָהּ׃ ,For thus saith the LORD unto me: Like as the lion, or the young lion, growling over his prey, Though a multitude of shepherds be called forth against him, Will not be dismayed at their voice, Nor abase himself for the noise of them; So will the LORD of hosts come down To fight upon mount Zion, and upon the hill thereof.,αἰγύπτιον ἄνθρωπον καὶ οὐ θεόν ἵππων σάρκας καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν βοήθεια ὁ δὲ κύριος ἐπάξει τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ἐπ' αὐτούς καὶ κοπιάσουσιν οἱ βοηθοῦντες καὶ ἅμα πάντες ἀπολοῦνται,For thus said the Lord to me, As a lion would roar, or a lion's whelp over prey which he has taken, and cry over it, until the mountains are filled with his voice, and the animals are awe-struck and tremble at the fierceness of his wrath: so the Lord of hosts shall descend to fight upon the mount Sion, even upon her mountains.,,,,”
“What was your mother? A lioness: she couched among lions”
“the king of Assyria devoured him; and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.”
“[the enemy] shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoever is chosen”
“and a destroyer of nations; he is on his way”
“and the voice of the fierce lion”
“Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;”