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Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked, the lion`s cubs, and no one made them afraid?
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The Empty Lion's Den
Commentators explain that the lion was a fitting symbol for the Assyrian empire, representing its ferocity, power, and predatory nature. Scholars note the metaphor extends to the whole society—king (lion), queen (lioness), and children (whelps)—all participating in the plunder. The prophet's question taunts the once-mighty empire, now reduced to nothing.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions? Great indeed must be the desolation that would call f…
19th Century
Anglican
The figure of the lion appears so frequently on the Assyrian monuments that we may perhaps suppose it to have been a national emblem. The metaphor …
Baptist
You will remember how Mr. Layard took out of the ruins at Nineveh those immense lions that now stand in the British Museum.
They were the ver…
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16th Century
Protestant
Here the Prophet triumphs over the Assyrians because they thought that the city Nineveh was remote from every danger. Just as lions, who fear nothi…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Where [is] the dwelling of the lions ? &c.] Of the kings of Assyria, comparable to lions for their strength, cou…
The kings of Assyria had long been terrible and cruel to their neighbors, but the Lord would destroy their power.
Many plead as an excuse fo…
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