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Nahum 2:12

Judgment

10 She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and laid waste! Hearts melt, knees knock, bodies tremble, and every face grows pale!

11 Where is the lions’ lair or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled with their cubs, with nothing to frighten them away?

The lion mauled enough for its cubs and strangled prey for the lioness. It filled its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.

13 “Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will send your chariots up in smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.”

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The lion mauled enough for its cubs and strangled prey for the lioness. It filled its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.
KJV
The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.
WEB
The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangled prey for his lionesses, and filled his caves with the kill and his dens with prey.
ASV
The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with ravin.
DARBY
The lion tore in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.
BLB
The lion was tearing enough for his cubs, and strangling for his lionesses; and he filled his caves [with] prey, and his dens with flesh.
ÅB
Hvor er løven, som røvet til dens unger hadde nok, og myrdet for sine løvinner og fylte sine huler med rov og sine boliger med det den hadde sønderrevet?
OTB
Løven rev nok for sine unger,
Drepte tilstrekkelig for sine løvinner,
Og fylte sine huler med bytte
Og sine hi med revet kjøtt.
B1930
Hvor er løven, som røvet til dens unger hadde nok, og myrdet for sine løvinner og fylte sine huler med rov og sine boliger med det den hadde sønderrevet?

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Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 51:34

    “Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out.

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  • Isaiah 10:6–14

    I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.

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  • Psalms 17:12

    like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.

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