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Nahúm 2:11
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�Qu� es de la morada de los leones, y de la majada de los cachorros de los leones, donde se recog�a el le�n, y la leona, y los cachorros del le�n, y no hab�a quien les pusiese miedo?
�Qu� es de la guarida de los leones, y de la majada de los cachorros de los leones, donde se recog�a el le�n y la leona, y los cachorros del le�n, y no hab�a quien los atemorizase?
�Qu� es de la morada de los leones, y de la majada de los cachorros de los leones, donde se recog�a el le�n, y la leona, y los cachorros del le�n, y no hab�a quien les pusiese miedo?
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the dwelling: Nahum 3:1, Job 4:10, Job 4:11, Isaiah 5:29, Jeremiah 2:15, Jeremiah 4:7, Jeremiah 50:17, Jeremiah 50:44, Ezekiel 19:2-8, Zephaniah 3:3
none: Genesis 49:9, Isaiah 31:4
Reciprocal: Psalms 10:9 - secretly Isaiah 37:18 - the kings Jeremiah 5:6 - a lion Jeremiah 51:38 - roar Ezekiel 32:2 - Thou art like Ezekiel 38:13 - with Micah 5:6 - they Nahum 3:19 - upon Zephaniah 2:13 - will make
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Where [is] the dwelling of the lions?.... Of the kings of Assyria, comparable to lions for their strength, courage, and cruelty, tyranny, and oppression; such as Pul, Tiglathpileser, Shalmaneser, and Sennacherib. So the Targum,
"where are the habitations of kings?''
these are the words, either of the prophet, or of the people that had seen this city in its glory, and now see it in its ruins; and so desolate and waste, as that it could scarcely be said where it once stood:
and the feedingplace of the young lions? the sons of the kings of Assyria, the princes of the blood, and who were of the same blood, temper, and disposition of their ancestors, and were born, brought up, and educated, in Nineveh the royal city. So the Targum,
"and the dwelling houses of the princes,''
or governors:
where the lion, [even] the old lion, walked: not Nebuchadnezzar, as Jerom, who entered into Nineveh the den of those lions, or seat of the Assyrians, and took it, and walked about in it, as the conqueror and possessor of it; but rather Nimrod, that old lion and tyrant, if he was the first founder of this city, as some say; though it does not seem so much to design any particular person, but the kings of Assyria in general, even the most cruel and savage, as the old lion is. So the Targum in the plural number,
"whither the kings went;''
and the lion's whelp, and none made [them] afraid: there were none to resist their power, curb their insolence, and put a stop to their cruelty and oppression; or make them afraid of pursuing such methods. The Targum is,
"there they leave their children, even as a lion that continues in hunting with confidence, and there is none that terrifies.''
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions? - Great indeed must be the desolation, which should call forth the wonder of the prophet of God. He asks “where is it?” For so utterly was Nineveh to be effaced, that its place should scarcely be known, and now is known by the ruins which have been buried, and are dug up. The messengers of her king had asked, “Where are the gods of Hamath and of Arpad? of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?” 2 Kings 18:34. And now of her it is asked, “Where is Nineveh?” It had “destroyed utterly all lands,” and now itself is utterly destroyed. The lion dwelt, fed, walked there, up and down, at will; all was spacious and secure; he terrified all, and none terrified him; he tore, strangled, laid up, as he willed, booty in store; but when he had filled it to the full, he filled up also the measure of his iniquities, and his sentence came from God. Nineveh had set at nought all human power, and destroyed it; now, therefore, God appears in His own Person.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Nahum 2:11. Where is the dwelling of the lions — Nineveh, the habitation of bold, strong, and ferocious men.
The feeding place of the young lions — Whither her victorious and rapacious generals frequently returned to consume the produce of their success. Here they walked at large, and none made them afraid. Wheresoever they turned their arms they were victors; and all nations were afraid of them.
