Nahum 2:12 (DRB)

Passage

The lion caught enough for his whelps, and killed for his lionesses: and he filled his holes with prey, and his den with rapine.

Nearby Context

Nahum 2:10 She is destroyed, and rent, and torn: the heart melteth, and the knees fail, and all the loins lose their strength: and the faces of them all are as the blackness of a kettle.

Nahum 2:11 Where is now the dwelling of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, to which the lion went, to enter in thither, the young lion, and there was none to make them afraid?

Nahum 2:12 The lion caught enough for his whelps, and killed for his lionesses: and he filled his holes with prey, and his den with rapine.

Nahum 2:13 Behold I come against thee, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will burn thy chariots even to smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey out of the land, and the voice of thy messengers shall be heard no more.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lion", "caught", "enough", "whelps", "killed", "lionesses", "filled", and "holes". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lion" and "caught", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "Where is now the dwelling of the..." into verse 13's "Behold I come against thee saith the...", so "lion" and "caught" belong inside that flow. In Nahum context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "lion" and "caught" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.