Nahum 2:11

Nahum · Old Testament · Chapter 2

“Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion’s whelp, and none made them afraid?”Nahum 2:11

What Does Nahum 2:11 Mean?

Nahum 2:11 is found in the book of Nahum, chapter 2, verse 11 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (20)

These passages are connected to Nahum 2:11 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Isaiah 5:29“Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.”Ezekiel 32:2“Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.”Isaiah 37:18“Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries,”Numbers 23:24“Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.”Jeremiah 2:15“The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.”Jeremiah 5:6“Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.”Ezekiel 38:13“Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?”Genesis 49:9“Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?”Job 4:10“The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.”Psalms 10:9“He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.”Isaiah 31:4“For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.”Jeremiah 4:7“The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.”Jeremiah 50:17“Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.”Jeremiah 50:44“Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?”Jeremiah 51:38“They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions’ whelps.”Ezekiel 19:2“And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.”Micah 5:6“And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.”Nahum 3:1“Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;”Nahum 3:19“There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?”Zephaniah 3:3“Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.”

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