Nahum 2:11

Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion’s whelp, and none made them afraid?

Cross-reference

Nahum 3:19 Parallel

Nahum 3:19 concludes the prophecy against Nineveh — the lion's den is now wounded beyond healing.

Job 4:11 Parallel

Job 4:11 mentions lioness and cubs scattered — nearly identical to Nahum's lioness and cubs, reinforcing the image of a predator's ruin.

Jeremiah 50:17 explicitly names Assyria as a lion that devoured Israel — the same lion imagery Nahum uses for Nineveh's fall.

Zephaniah 2:13 also prophesies Nineveh's desolation — a parallel oracle against the same city.

Isaiah 31:4 Allusion

Isaiah 31:4 describes the LORD as a lion defending Zion — contrasting with Assyria, the predatory lion that God will judge.

Jeremiah 50:44 uses the same lion-coming-up imagery but with God as the lion against Babylon — a reversal of roles from Assyria as the prey.

Isaiah 5:29 Contrast

Isaiah 5:29 depicts Assyria as a roaring lion seizing prey — the same symbol, but from the perspective of their attack, not their fall.

Jeremiah 2:15 uses the same lion-ravaging imagery for Babylon's destruction of Israel — a parallel threat to God's people.

Jeremiah 4:7 also depicts a lion-like destroyer of nations (Babylon) laying waste to cities — echoing the same judgment imagery.

Jeremiah 51:38 depicts Babylon's leaders roaring like young lions — mirroring the lion metaphor for Nineveh here.

Micah 5:6 Historical context

Micah 5:6 promises deliverance from Assyria — the same nation whose capital Nineveh is destroyed here.