Nahum 2:11-13

Not again! Eight times in eight months I have been directed to Nahum 2:8-13. We are in the end time prophesy. Stay close to the Lord for even the elect can be deceived.

This is taunt song, a derogatory proverbial chant against an object of scorn and ridicule. The taunt mocks Assyria: The once mighty predator of the ancient Near East is now the prey. Assyria will no longer conquer other nations. Faithlife Bible.

The title asserts Yahweh’s role as commander-in-chief of the heavenly armies.

Nineveh was the city of lions. Yet despite all the horrors that the lion of Nineveh had brought to other nations, it would no longer need to be feared by anyone. Although the Babylonians conquered the city, they were only God’s instruments. Nineveh’s greatest foe was the Lord of hosts Himself. NKJ Bible.

Nahum 2:11–13 (NKJV)

¹¹ Where is the dwelling of the lions,

And the feeding place of the young lions,

Where the lion walked, the lioness and lion’s cub,

And no one made them afraid?

¹² The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs,

Killed for his lionesses,

Filled his caves with prey,

And his dens with flesh.

¹³ “Behold, I am against you,” says the Lord of hosts, “I will burn your chariots in smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions; I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers shall be heard no more.”