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11 What became of the lions’ den,
    the cave of the young lions,
where the lion goes,
    and the lion’s cubs, with no one to disturb them?(A)
12 The lion has torn enough for his whelps
    and strangled prey for his lionesses;
he has filled his caves with prey
    and his dens with torn flesh.(B)

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Nineveh: the Lion’s Den Destroyed

11 Where is this lion’s den?
    Where is the place where the young lions fed,
where the lion and its mate walked with their young,
    the place where they feared nothing?
12 This lion renders its prey to pieces to feed its whelps,
    and strangles enough prey[a] for its mate,
filling its lairs with prey
    and its dens with rendered flesh.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 2:12 The Heb. lacks prey

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

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