Nahum 2:12

New American Bible - revised edition

Where is the lionesses’ den, the young lions’ cave, Where the lion went in and out, and the cub, with no one to disturb them?

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:8

And he went on to say: “You know that your father and his men are warriors, and that they are as fierce as a bear in the wild robbed of her cubs. Moreover, since your father is a skilled fighter, he will not spend the night with the army.

Psalm 17:12

Like lions eager for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.

Jeremiah 51:34

“He consumed me, defeated me, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon; he left me like an empty vessel, Swallowed me like a sea monster, filled his belly with my delicacies and cast me out.

Nahum 2:11

Emptiness, desolation, waste; melting hearts and trembling knees, Churning in every stomach, every face turning pale!

Nahum 2:13

The lion tore apart enough for his cubs, and strangled for his lionesses; He filled his lairs with prey, and his dens with torn flesh.

Numbers 23:24

Here is a people that rises up like a lioness, and gets up like a lion; It does not rest till it has devoured its prey and has drunk the blood of the slain.