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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Nahum 2:11-13

Here we have Nineveh's ruin, 1. Triumphed in by its neighbours, who now remember against it all the oppressions and abuse of power it had been guilty of in its pomp and prosperity (Nah. 2:11, 12): Where is the dwelling of the lions? It is gone; there appear no remnants, no footsteps, of it. Where is the feeding place of the young lions, where they glutted themselves with prey? The princes of Nineveh had been as lions, as beasts of prey; cruel tyrants are no better, nay, in this respect much... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nahum 2:12

The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps ,.... The metaphor is still continued; and the kings of Assyria are compared to lions that hunt for their prey, and, having found it, tear it in pieces, and carry home a sufficiency for their whelps. It is a notion that is advanced by some writers, as Herodotus F16 Thalia, sive l. 3. c. 108. , that the lioness, the strongest and boldest creature, brings forth but once in its life, and then but one; which Gellius F17 Noctes Atticae,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 2:12

The lion did tear - This verse gives us a striking picture of the manner in which the Assyrian conquests and depredations were carried on. How many people were spoiled to enrich his whelps - his sons, princes, and nobles! How many women were stripped and slain, whose spoils went to decorate his lionesses - his queen, concubines, and mistresses. And they had even more than they could assume; their holes and dens - treasure-houses, palaces, and wardrobes - were filled with ravin, the riches... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Nahum 2:12

Verse 12 And filled has he with prey his dens and his recesses with ravin; it is the same word with a different termination, טרף, thereph, and טרפה, therephe Now the repetition, made here by the Prophet, of lion, young lion, and lioness, was not without its use; for he meant by this number of words to set forth the extreme ferocity of the Assyrians, while they were dominant. He no doubt compares their kings, their counselors, and their chief men, to lions: and he calls their wives lionesses,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 2:1-13

Part II . THE EXECUTION OF THE DECREE ; THE DESTRUCTION OF NINEVEH DESCRIBED . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 2:3-13

The downfall of Nineveh, as illustrative of the Divine and the human dements in revelation. There are two elements in the Bible, the Divine and the human. God speaks to us in every page, nor does he speak the less emphatically, but all the more so, in that he addresses us through men possessing throbbing hearts, and who were phasing through experiences like our own. We honour the volume as being in the highest sense God's Word, nor do we honour it the less in this respect because we... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 2:9-13

§ 2. The city is plundered, and henceforth lies waste, in terrible contrast with its former excellency, read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 2:11-13

The parable of the lion's den. I. THE DESCRIPTION OF THE SEN . 1 . Its site. Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian empire. 2 . Its occupants. The lions above referred to. 3 . Its prey. The spoils of the nations Syria, Phoenicia, Philistia, Israel, Judah, and even Egypt had felt the might of Assyria and contributed to swell the ravin she had stored in her cities. II. THE DESTRUCTION OF THE DEN . 1 . Its certainty. According to Nahum, Jehovah... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nahum 2:12

The figure of the lieu is continued, and this verse, in loose apposition to the preceding, may be best explained by continuing the interrogation in thought—Where is now the lion that used to tear in pieces, etc.? The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps. The Assyrian monarch provided for his children and dependents by plundering other nations. His lionesses may mean his wives and concubines. It was the custom both with the Persians and Assyrians to assign towns and provinces to... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Nahum 2:11-13

Nahum 2:11-13. Where is the dwelling of the lions Where is the lion-like courage and strength, which formerly characterized the king of Nineveh and his people? What is become of the stately palaces of the king and princes of Nineveh? who, like so many lions, cruel, violent, and irresistible, knew no other law than their pride and ambition; preying upon their own people, and the neighbouring countries, and filling their houses with the spoils they took from them, as the lions fill their dens... read more

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