10 (A)Desolate! Desolation and ruin!
    (B)Hearts melt and (C)knees tremble;
(D)anguish is in all loins;
    (E)all faces grow pale!
11 Where is the lions' den,
    the feeding place of (F)the young lions,
where the lion and lioness went,
    where his cubs were, with (G)none to disturb?
12 (H)The lion tore enough for his cubs
    and (I)strangled prey for his lionesses;
he filled his caves with prey
    and his dens with torn flesh.

13 (J)Behold, I am against you, declares the Lord of hosts, and (K)I will burn your[a] chariots in smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and (L)the voice of your messengers shall no longer be heard.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 2:13 Hebrew her

10 She is pillaged, plundered, stripped!
    Hearts melt,(A) knees give way,
    bodies tremble, every face grows pale.(B)

11 Where now is the lions’ den,(C)
    the place where they fed their young,
where the lion and lioness went,
    and the cubs, with nothing to fear?
12 The lion killed(D) enough for his cubs
    and strangled the prey for his mate,
filling his lairs(E) with the kill
    and his dens with the prey.(F)

13 “I am against(G) you,”
    declares the Lord Almighty.
“I will burn up your chariots in smoke,(H)
    and the sword(I) will devour your young lions.
    I will leave you no prey on the earth.
The voices of your messengers
    will no longer be heard.”(J)

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