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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Nahum 2:11 - 2:11
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dwelling of ... lions - Nineveh, the seat of empire of the rapacious and destructive warriors of various ranks, typified by the “lions,†“young lions,†“old lion†(or lioness [Maurer]), “the lion’s whelp.†The image is peculiarly appropriate, as lions of every form, winged, and sometimes with the head of a man, are frequent in the Assyrian sepulchres. It was as full of spoils of all nations as a lion’s den is of remains of its prey. The question, “Where,†etc., implies that Jehovah “would make an utter end of the place,†so that its very site could not be found (Nah 1:8). It is a question expressing wonder, so incredible did it then seem.