Nahum 2:13

New American Bible - revised edition

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.

Cross References

2 Kings 18:17

The king of Assyria sent the general, the lord chamberlain, and the commander from Lachish with a great army to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They went up and came to Jerusalem, to the conduit of the upper pool on the highway of the fuller’s field, where they took their stand.

2 Kings 18:19

The commander said to them, “Tell Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: On what do you base this trust of yours?

2 Kings 19:23

Through the mouths of your messengers you insulted the Lord when you said, ‘With my many chariots I went up to the tops of the peaks, to the recesses of Lebanon, To cut down its lofty cedars, its choice cypresses; I reached to the farthest shelter, the forest ranges.

2 Kings 19:9

The king of Assyria heard a report: “Tirhakah, king of Ethiopia, has come out to fight against you.” Again he sent messengers to Hezekiah to say:

2 Chronicles 32:19

They spoke of the God of Israel as though he were one of the gods of the other peoples of the earth, a work of human hands.

Psalm 46:9

Come and see the works of the Lord, who has done fearsome deeds on earth;

Jeremiah 21:13

Beware! I am against you, Ruler of the Valley, Rock of the Plain—oracle of the Lord. You say, “Who will attack us, who can storm our defenses?”

Jeremiah 46:14

Proclaim in Egypt, announce in Migdol, announce in Memphis and Tahpanhes! Say: Fall in, get ready, the sword has devoured your neighbors.

Jeremiah 50:31

I am against you, O Insolence— oracle of the Lord God of hosts; For your day has come, the time for me to punish you.

Jeremiah 51:25

Beware! I am against you, destroying mountain—oracle of the Lord— destroyer of the entire earth, I will stretch forth my hand against you, roll you down over the cliffs, and make you a burnt mountain:

Ezekiel 13:8

Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have spoken falsehood and seen lying visions, therefore, for certain I am coming at you—oracle of the Lord God.

Ezekiel 21:3

Say to the forest in the south: Hear the word of the Lord! Thus says the Lord God: See! I am kindling a fire in you that shall devour every green tree as well as every dry tree. The blazing flame shall not be quenched so that from south to north every face shall be scorched by it.

Ezekiel 26:3

therefore thus says the Lord God: See! I am coming against you, Tyre; I will churn up against you many nations, just as the sea churns up its waves.

Ezekiel 28:22

Thus says the Lord God: Watch out! I am against you, Sidon; I will win glory for myself in your midst. They shall know that I am the Lord, when I deliver judgment upon it and manifest my holiness in it.

Ezekiel 29:10

Beware! I am against you and against your Nile. I will turn the land of Egypt into ruins, into a dry, desolate waste, From Migdol to Syene, up to the border of Ethiopia.

Ezekiel 29:3

Say to him: Thus says the Lord God: Pay attention! I am against you, Pharaoh, king of Egypt, Great dragon crouching in the midst of the Nile, Who says, “The Nile belongs to me; I made it myself!”

Ezekiel 35:3

Say to it: Thus says the Lord God: Watch out! I am against you, Mount Seir. I will stretch out my hand against you and turn you into a desolate waste.

Ezekiel 38:3

Say: Thus says the Lord God: See! I am coming against you, Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.

Ezekiel 39:1

You, son of man, prophesy against Gog, saying: Thus says the Lord God: Here I am, Gog, coming at you, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.

Ezekiel 5:8

therefore, thus says the Lord God: See, I am coming against you! I will carry out judgments among you while the nations look on.

Nahum 2:12

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?

Nahum 3:1

Ah! The bloody city, all lies, Full of plunder, whose looting never stops!

Nahum 3:12

But all your fortresses are fig trees, bearing early figs; When shaken, they fall into the devourer’s mouth.

Nahum 3:15

There the fire will consume you, the sword will cut you down; it will consume you like the grasshoppers. Multiply like the grasshoppers, multiply like the locusts!

Nahum 3:5

I now come against you— oracle of the Lord of hosts— and I will lift your skirt above your face; I will show your nakedness to the nations, to the kingdoms your shame!

Joshua 11:6

The Lord said to Joshua, “Do not fear them, for by this time tomorrow I will present them slain to Israel. You must hamstring their horses and burn their chariots.”

Joshua 11:9

Joshua did to them as the Lord had commanded: he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots. Conquest of Northern Canaan.