Nahum 2:11

Conservative English Version

What happened to this city? They were safer there than powerful lions in a den, with no one to disturb them.

Cross References

Genesis 49:9

My son, you are a lion ready to eat your victim! You are terribly fierce; no one will bother you.

Isaiah 13:7

All people will be terrified. Hands will grow limp; courage will melt away.

Isaiah 31:4

The LORD All-Powerful said to me, "I will roar and attack like a fearless lion not frightened by the shouts of shepherds trying to protect their sheep. That's how I will come down and fight on Mount Zion.

Isaiah 5:29

They roar and growl like fierce young lions as they grab their victims and drag them off where no one can rescue them.

Jeremiah 2:15

Enemies roared like lions and destroyed your land; towns lie burned and empty.

Jeremiah 4:7

An army will come out, like a lion from its den. It will destroy nations and leave your towns empty and in ruins."

Jeremiah 50:17

Israel is a flock of sheep scattered by hungry lions. The king of Assyria first gobbled Israel down. Then Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylonia, crunched on Israel's bones.

Jeremiah 50:44

Babylonia, I will attack you like a lion from the forest, attacking sheep in a meadow along the Jordan. In a moment the flock runs, and the land is empty. Who will I choose to attack you? I will do it myself! No one can force me to fight or chase me away.

Ezekiel 32:2

Ezekiel, son of man, condemn the king of Egypt and tell him I am saying: You act like a lion roaming the earth; but you are nothing more than a crocodile in a river, churning up muddy water with your feet.

Joel 2:6

The very sight of them is frightening.

Micah 5:6

whose strong army will defeat the nation of Assyria. Yes, our leaders will rescue us, if those Assyrians dare to invade our land.

Nahum 2:12

These are the same lions that ferociously attacked their victims, then dragged away the flesh to feed their young.

Nahum 3:1

Doom to the crime capital! Nineveh, city of murder and treachery,

Zephaniah 3:3

Its officials are roaring lions, its judges are wolves; in the evening they attack, by morning nothing is left.

Numbers 23:24

They are like angry lions ready to attack; and they won't rest until their victim is gobbled down."