Nahum 2:12

New Living Translation

The lion tore up meat for his cubs and strangled prey for his mate. He filled his den with prey, his caverns with his plunder.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:8

You know your father and his men; they are mighty warriors. Right now they are as enraged as a mother bear who has been robbed of her cubs. And remember that your father is an experienced man of war. He won’t be spending the night among the troops.

Psalm 17:12

They are like hungry lions, eager to tear me apart— like young lions hiding in ambush.

Jeremiah 51:34

“King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has eaten and crushed us and drained us of strength. He has swallowed us like a great monster and filled his belly with our riches. He has thrown us out of our own country.

Nahum 2:11

Where now is that great Nineveh, that den filled with young lions? It was a place where people—like lions and their cubs— walked freely and without fear.

Nahum 2:13

“I am your enemy!” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “Your chariots will soon go up in smoke. Your young men will be killed in battle. Never again will you plunder conquered nations. The voices of your proud messengers will be heard no more.”

Numbers 23:24

These people rise up like a lioness, like a majestic lion rousing itself. They refuse to rest until they have feasted on prey, drinking the blood of the slaughtered!”