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Nahum 2:13

Judgment

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?

12 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.

“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
“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.”
KJV
Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
WEB
“Behold, I am against you,” says the LORD of Armies, “and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions; and I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers will no longer be heard.”
ASV
Behold, I am against thee, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions; and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
DARBY
Behold, I am against thee, saith Jehovah of hosts: and I will burn her chariots into smoke; and the sword shall devour thy young lions, and I will cut off thy prey from the earth; and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
BLB
“Behold, I [am] against you,” a declaration of YHWH of Hosts, “And I will burn in smoke your chariots, and the sword will devour your young lions; and I will cut off your prey from the earth, and will be heard no more the voice of your messengers!”
ÅB
Se, jeg kommer over deg, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, og jeg vil brenne dine vogner så de går opp i røyk, og dine unge løver skal sverdet fortære; og jeg vil utrydde ditt rov av jorden, og dine sendebuds røst skal ikke mere høres.
[^1]: Ninive fremstilt som en kvinne.
[^2]: ESK 7, 16.
[^3]: en folkerik stad.
OTB
“Se, jeg er imot deg,” erklærer hærskarenes Herre.
“Jeg vil brenne opp hennes vogner i røyk,
Et sverd vil fortære dine unge løver;
Jeg vil eliminere ditt bytte fra landet,
Og ikke lenger skal dine budbringeres stemme bli hørt.”
B1930
Se, jeg kommer over dig, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, og jeg vil brenne dine vogner så de går op i røk, og dine unge løver skal sverdet fortære; og jeg vil utrydde ditt rov av jorden, og dine sendebuds røst skal ikke mere høres.

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Cross references

  • Psalms 46:9

    He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.

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  • Jeremiah 21:13

    Behold, I am against you who dwell above the valley, atop the rocky plateau— declares the LORD— you who say, “Who can come against us? Who can enter our dwellings?”

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  • Nahum 3:5

    “Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms.

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  • 2 Kings 19:23

    Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest outposts, the densest of its forests.

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  • Isaiah 49:24–25

    Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?

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  • Joshua 11:9

    Joshua treated them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots.

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  • Ezekiel 5:8

    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself am against you, Jerusalem, and I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations.

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  • 2 Kings 19:9

    Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “Look, he has set out to fight against you.” So Sennacherib again sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

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