Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.

Bible References

A lioness

Nahum 2:11
Where is the den of the lions
And the feeding place of the young lions,
Where the lion, lioness and lion’s cub prowled,
With nothing to disturb them?
Zephaniah 3:1
Woe to her who is rebellious and defiled,
The tyrannical city!

Young lions

Job 4:11
“The lion perishes for lack of prey,
And the whelps of the lioness are scattered.
Psalm 58:6
O God, shatter their teeth in their mouth;
Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord.
Isaiah 5:29
Its roaring is like a lioness, and it roars like young lions;
It growls as it seizes the prey
And carries it off with no one to deliver it.
Isaiah 11:6
And the wolf will dwell with the lamb,
And the leopard will lie down with the young goat,
And the calf and the young lion and the fatling together;
And a little boy will lead them.
Zechariah 11:3
There is a sound of the shepherds’ wail,
For their glory is ruined;
There is a sound of the young lions’ roar,
For the pride of the Jordan is ruined.