Nahum 2:12 (GNV)

Passage

The lyon did teare in pieces ynough for his whelpes, and woryed for his lyonesse, and filled his holes with praye, and his dennes with, spoyle.

Nearby Context

Nahum 2:10 She is emptie and voyde and waste, and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and sorowe is in all loynes, and the faces of the all gather blackenesse.

Nahum 2:11 Where is the dwelling of the lyons, and the pasture of the lyons whelpes? where the lyon, and the lionesse walked, and the lyons whelpe, and none made them afrayde.

Nahum 2:12 The lyon did teare in pieces ynough for his whelpes, and woryed for his lyonesse, and filled his holes with praye, and his dennes with, spoyle.

Nahum 2:13 Beholde, I come vnto thee, sayeth the Lord of hostes, and I will burne her charets in the smoke, and the sworde shall deuoure thy yong lyons, and I will cut off thy spoyle from the earth, and the voyce of thy messengers shall no more be heard.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lyon", "teare", "pieces", "ynough", "whelpes", "woryed", "lyonesse", and "filled". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lyon" and "teare", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "Where is the dwelling of the lyons..." into verse 13's "Beholde I come vnto thee sayeth the...", so "lyon" and "teare" 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 "lyon" and "teare" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.