Nahum 2:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Everything has been taken from her, all is gone, she has nothing more: the heart is turned to water, the knees are shaking, all are twisted in pain, and colour has gone from all faces.

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  • Isa 5:29 : 29 The sound of their armies will be like the voice of a lion, and their war-cry like the noise of young lions: with loud cries they will come down on their food and will take it away safely, and there will be no one to take it out of their hands.
  • Jer 2:15 : 15 The young lions have made an outcry against him with a loud voice: they have made his land waste; his towns are burned up, with no one living in them.
  • Jer 4:7 : 7 A lion has gone up from his secret place in the woods, and one who makes waste the nations is on his way; he has gone out from his place, to make your land unpeopled, so that your towns will be made waste, with no man living in them.
  • Jer 50:17 : 17 Israel is a wandering sheep; the lions have been driving him away: first he was attacked by the king of Assyria, and now his bones have been broken by Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon.
  • Jer 50:44 : 44 See, he will come up like a lion from the thick growth of Jordan against the resting-place of Teman: but I will suddenly make them go in flight from her; and I will put over her the man of my selection: for who is like me? and who will put forward his cause against me? and what keeper of sheep will keep his place before me?
  • Ezek 19:2-8 : 2 What was your mother? Like a she-lion among lions, stretched out among the young lions she gave food to her little ones. 3 And one of her little ones came to growth under her care, and became a young lion, learning to go after beasts for his food; and he took men for his meat. 4 And the nations had news of him; he was taken in the hole they had made: and, pulling him with hooks, they took him into the land of Egypt. 5 Now when she saw that her hope was made foolish and gone, she took another of her little ones and made him into a young lion. 6 And he went up and down among the lions and became a young lion, learning to go after beasts for his food; and he took men for his meat. 7 And he sent destruction on their widows and made waste their towns; and the land and everything in it became waste because of the loud sound of his voice. 8 Then the nations came against him from the kingdoms round about: their net was stretched over him and he was taken in the hole they had made.
  • Nah 3:1 : 1 A curse is on the town of blood; it is full of deceit and violent acts; and there is no end to the taking of life.
  • Zeph 3:3 : 3 Her rulers are like loud-voiced lions in her; her judges are wolves of the evening, crushing up the bones before the morning.
  • Isa 31:4 : 4 For the Lord has said to me, As a lion, or a young lion, makes an angry noise over his food, and if a band of herdsmen come out against him, he will not be in fear of their voices, or give up his food for their noise: so the Lord of armies will come down to make war against Mount Zion and its hill.
  • Gen 49:9 : 9 Judah is a young lion; like a lion full of meat you have become great, my son; now he takes his rest like a lion stretched out and like an old lion; by whom will his sleep be broken?
  • Job 4:10-11 : 10 Though the noise of the lion and the sounding of his voice, may be loud, the teeth of the young lions are broken. 11 The old lion comes to his end for need of food, and the young of the she-lion go wandering in all directions.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Nah 2:12-13
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    87%

    12 Where is the lions' hole, the place where the young lions got their food, where the lion and the she-lion were walking with their young, without cause for fear?

    13 Food enough for his young and for his she-lions was pulled down by the lion; his hole was full of flesh and his resting-place stored with meat.

  • Job 4:10-11
    2 verses
    84%

    10 Though the noise of the lion and the sounding of his voice, may be loud, the teeth of the young lions are broken.

    11 The old lion comes to his end for need of food, and the young of the she-lion go wandering in all directions.

  • Job 28:8
    81%

    8 The great beasts have not gone over it, and the cruel lion has not taken that way.

  • Amos 3:4
    80%

    4 Will a lion give his loud cry in the woodland when no food is there? will the voice of the young lion be sounding from his hole if he has taken nothing?

  • Ezek 19:5-7
    3 verses
    79%

    5 Now when she saw that her hope was made foolish and gone, she took another of her little ones and made him into a young lion.

    6 And he went up and down among the lions and became a young lion, learning to go after beasts for his food; and he took men for his meat.

    7 And he sent destruction on their widows and made waste their towns; and the land and everything in it became waste because of the loud sound of his voice.

  • Jer 2:15
    79%

    15 The young lions have made an outcry against him with a loud voice: they have made his land waste; his towns are burned up, with no one living in them.

  • Ps 17:12
    79%

    12 Like a lion desiring its food, and like a young lion waiting in secret places.

  • 2 Kgs 17:25-26
    2 verses
    79%

    25 Now when first they were living there they did not give worship to the Lord. So the Lord sent lions among them, causing the death of some of them.

    26 So they said to the king of Assyria, The nations whom you have taken as prisoners and put in the towns of Samaria, have no knowledge of the way of the god of the land: so he has sent lions among them, causing their death, because they have no knowledge of his way.

  • Ezek 19:2-3
    2 verses
    79%

    2 What was your mother? Like a she-lion among lions, stretched out among the young lions she gave food to her little ones.

    3 And one of her little ones came to growth under her care, and became a young lion, learning to go after beasts for his food; and he took men for his meat.

  • Ps 104:21
    78%

    21 The young lions go thundering after their food; searching for their meat from God.

  • Isa 5:29
    77%

    29 The sound of their armies will be like the voice of a lion, and their war-cry like the noise of young lions: with loud cries they will come down on their food and will take it away safely, and there will be no one to take it out of their hands.

  • Isa 11:6-7
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    76%

    6 And the wolf will be living with the lamb, and the leopard will take his rest with the young goat; and the lion will take grass for food like the ox; and the young lion will go with the young ones of the herd; and a little child will be their guide.

    7 And the cow and the bear will be friends while their young ones are sleeping together.

  • Prov 30:30
    76%

    30 The lion, which is strongest among beasts, not turning from his way for any;

  • Jer 51:38
    76%

    38 They will be crying out together like lions, their voices will be like the voices of young lions.

  • Ps 22:13
    76%

    13 I saw their mouths wide open, like lions crying after food.

  • Nah 2:10
    76%

    10 Take silver, take gold; for there is no end to the store; take for yourselves a weight of things to be desired.

  • Hos 11:10
    75%

    10 They will go after the Lord; his cry will be like that of a lion; his cry will be loud, and the children will come from the west, shaking with fear;

  • Jer 25:38
    75%

    38 The lion has come out of his secret place, for the land has become a waste because of the cruel sword, and because of the heat of his wrath.

  • Jer 4:7
    75%

    7 A lion has gone up from his secret place in the woods, and one who makes waste the nations is on his way; he has gone out from his place, to make your land unpeopled, so that your towns will be made waste, with no man living in them.

  • Joel 1:6
    75%

    6 For a nation has come up over my land, strong and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the back teeth of a great lion.

  • Ps 7:2
    74%

    2 So that he may not come rushing on my soul like a lion, wounding it, while there is no one to be my saviour.

  • Num 23:24
    74%

    24 See, Israel comes up like a she-lion, lifting himself up like a lion: he will take no rest till he has made a meal of those he has overcome, drinking the blood of those he has put to death.

  • Ps 34:10
    74%

    10 The young lions are in need and have no food; but those who are looking to the Lord will have every good thing.

  • Hos 13:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7 So I will be like a lion to them; as a cruel beast I will keep watch by the road;

    8 I will come face to face with them like a bear whose young ones have been taken from her, and their inmost hearts will be broken; there the dogs will make a meal of them; they will be wounded by the beasts of the field.

  • 1 Kgs 13:25
    73%

    25 And some men, going by, saw the body stretched out in the road with the lion by its side; and they came and gave news of it in the town where the old prophet was living.

  • Amos 3:8
    73%

    8 The cry of the lion is sounding; who will not have fear? The Lord God has said the word; is it possible for the prophet to keep quiet?

  • Gen 49:9
    73%

    9 Judah is a young lion; like a lion full of meat you have become great, my son; now he takes his rest like a lion stretched out and like an old lion; by whom will his sleep be broken?

  • Jer 5:6
    73%

    6 And so a lion from the woods will put them to death, a wolf of the waste land will make them waste, a leopard will keep watch on their towns, and everyone who goes out from them will be food for the beasts; because of the great number of their sins and the increase of their wrongdoing.

  • Lam 3:10
    73%

    10 He is like a bear waiting for me, like a lion in secret places.

  • Isa 35:9
    72%

    9 No lion will be there, or any cruel beast; they will not be seen there; but those for whom the Lord has given a price,

  • Prov 28:1
    72%

    1 The evil man goes running away when no man is after him, but the upright are without fear, like the lion.

  • Ps 58:6
    72%

    6 O God, let their teeth be broken in their mouths; let the great teeth of the young lions be pulled out, O Lord.

  • Isa 56:9
    72%

    9 All you beasts of the field, come together for your meat, even all you beasts of the wood.

  • Zech 11:3
    72%

    3 The sound of the crying of the keepers of the flock! for their glory is made waste: the sound of the loud crying of the young lions! for the pride of Jordan is made waste.

  • Job 39:30
    72%

    30 Or is it by your orders that the eagle goes up, and makes his resting-place on high?

  • Job 37:8
    72%

    8 Then the beasts go into their holes, and take their rest.

  • Prov 22:13
    72%

    13 The hater of work says, There is a lion outside: I will be put to death in the streets.

  • Isa 31:4
    71%

    4 For the Lord has said to me, As a lion, or a young lion, makes an angry noise over his food, and if a band of herdsmen come out against him, he will not be in fear of their voices, or give up his food for their noise: so the Lord of armies will come down to make war against Mount Zion and its hill.