John Trapp on Nahum 2:11

Verſe 11. Where is the dwelling of the Lious, &c.] Where is Nineveh, once ſo terrible, now ſo deſpicable? Leoni mortuo vel mus inſultat. Once none durſt look at it, or mute againſt it, now each paſſenger can inſult over it, enquire where it ſtood, and not be afraid to take this Lion by the beard. God powreth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the ſtrength of the mighty, Job 12.21. when once they turn tyrants, and exerciſe regiment without righteouſneſſe, as Mic. 3.2, 3. Such a mighty hunter, or devourer of men and nations was Nimrod (the firſt founder of this Aſſyrian Monarchy) and became a proverb againſt all tyrants, and perſecutours, Gen. 10.9. Such a Lion was Nero, 2 Tim. 4.17. Such a Tiger Tiberius, (of whom One ſaith, that he laid hold with his teeth on all the excellent ſpirits of his time) Domitian, (who not content with the blood of Chriſtians, commanded all Jews that were of the ſtock of David, to be ſought out, and put to death) Diocleſian, and the reſt of the Primitive perſecutours: As alſo that man of ſinne, the whole pack of Popes, ſucceſſours to Boniface the eighth (who came in like a fox, reigned like a lion, died like a dog) and to Benedict the twelfth, who when he died, had this Epitaph made of him: Hic ſitus eſt Nero, laicis leo, vipera clero: Devius à vero, turba repleta mero. [illegible: 2 letters]ei Medulla hiſt. E[illegible: 1 letter]cleſ. 321.

and the feeding place of the young lions] Where the old ones provided prey fro them, till they could skill to do it for themſelves; that which they would ſoon learn and practiſe, when once grown up. The Aſſyrian young-princes were accuſtomed to rapine, and cruelty from the firſt: being no better then young Tiberims, whom his Tutour Theodorus Gadareus rightly characterized, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. when he ſaid, he was Dirt kned with blood: Or, then Nero the lion; of whom his father Domitius prophecied, that of himſelf and his wife Agrippina (both notoriouſly naught) no good man could be born. Mali corvi, malum ovum. Dio in Nerone Of an ill breed, ne catulus [illegible: 1 letter]idem relinquendus, ſaid the Romans, when they ſlew one of their tyrants together with his young ſonne. It was Maximinus, if I miſtake not.

where the lion, even the old lion walked] The couragious, or hearty lion (named of Leo an heart) walked and ſtalked with his whelps, and none made them afraid.Labi. but now, his heart melteth, his knees knock together for fear, and faintneſſe, as verſe 10. his city Nineveh (that was not onely ſpoliarium latronum, Calv. but ſpelunca leonum) is now no where: it ſhall live by fame onely, time ſhall triumph over it. God will ſtain the pride of all glory, and bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth, Eſay 23.9. So Clara fuit-Sparte, magnae viguêre Mycenae,Ovid. Metant. lib. 15. Vile ſolum Sparte eſt, altae cecidere Mycenae. Oedipodioniae quid ſunt niſi nomina Thebae? &c.