SEV Biblia, Chapter 2:11
¶ ¿Qué es de la morada de los leones, y de la majada de los cachorros de los leones, donde se recogía el león, y la leona, y los cachorros del león, y no había quien les pusiese miedo?
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Nahum 2:11
Verse 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.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 11. Where [is] the dwelling of the lions ? etc.] 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.”
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 11-13 - The kings of Assyria had long been terrible and cruel to their neighbours, but the Lord would destroy their power. Many plead as a excuse for rapine and fraud, that they have families to provide for but what is thus obtained will never do them any good. Those that fea the Lord, and get honestly what they have, shall not want for themselves and theirs. It is just with God to deprive those of children, or of comfort in them, who take sinful courses to enric them. Those are not worthy to be heard again, that have spoke reproachfully of God. Let us then come to God upon his mercy-seat, tha having peace with him through our Lord Jesus Christ, we may know tha he is for us, and that all things shall work together for ou everlasting good __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
איה 346 מעון 4583 אריות 738 ומרעה 4829 הוא 1931 לכפרים 3715 אשׁר 834 הלך 1980 אריה 738 לביא 3833 שׁם 8033 גור 1482 אריה 738 ואין 369 מחריד׃ 2729
