Nahum 2:12

Good News Translation

The lion killed his prey and tore it to pieces for his mate and her cubs; he filled his den with torn flesh.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:8

You know that your father David and his men are hard fighters and that they are as fierce as a mother bear robbed of her cubs. Your father is an experienced soldier and does not stay with his men at night.

Psalm 17:12

They are like lions, waiting for me, wanting to tear me to pieces.

Jeremiah 51:34

The king of Babylonia cut Jerusalem up and ate it. He emptied the city like a jar; like a monster he swallowed it. He took what he wanted and threw the rest away.

Nahum 2:11

Where now is the city that was like a den of lions, the place where young lions were fed, where the lion and the lioness would go and their cubs would be safe?

Nahum 2:13

“I am your enemy!” says the Lord Almighty. “I will burn up your chariots. Your soldiers will be killed in war, and I will take away everything that you took from others. The demands of your envoys will no longer be heard.”

Numbers 23:24

The nation of Israel is like a mighty lion: It doesn't rest until it has torn and devoured, Until it has drunk the blood of those it has killed.”