¹¹ Where is the lions’ lair,^(A)
or the feeding ground of the young lions,
where the lion and lioness prowled,
and the lion’s cub,
with nothing to frighten them away?^(B)
12 The lion mauled whatever its cubs needed
and strangled prey for its lionesses.
It filled up its dens with the kill,
and its lairs with mauled prey.^(C)
13 Beware, I am against you.^(D)
This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies.
I will make your chariots go up in smoke,^[a]
and the sword will devour your young lions.^(E)
I will cut off your prey from the earth,
and the sound of your messengers
will never be heard again.^(F)

¹³ He will also stretch out his hand against the north
and destroy Assyria;
he will make Nineveh a desolate ruin,^(A)
dry as the desert.