Nahum 2:12

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The lion mauled whatever its cubs needed and strangled prey for its lionesses. It filled up its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.

Cross References

Jeremiah 51:34

‘King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty dish; he has swallowed me like a sea monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies; he has vomited me out.

Numbers 23:24

A people rise up like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion. They will not lie down until they devour the prey and drink the blood of the slain.

2 Samuel 17:8

Hushai continued, ‘You know your father and his men. They are warriors and are desperate like a wild bear robbed of her cubs.  Your father is an experienced soldier who won’t spend the night with the people.

Nahum 2:11

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

Nahum 2:13

Beware, I am against you. This is the declaration of the  Lord of Armies. I will make your chariots go up in smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the sound of your messengers will never be heard again.