Reference: Den
Easton
a lair of wild beasts (Ps 10:9; 104:22; Job 37:8); the hole of a venomous reptile (Isa 11:8); a recess for secrecy "in dens and caves of the earth" (Heb 11:38); a resort of thieves (Mt 21:13; Mr 11:17). Daniel was cast into "the den of lions" (Da 6:16-17). Some recent discoveries among the ruins of Babylon have brought to light the fact that the practice of punishing offenders against the law by throwing them into a den of lions was common.
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"Then a beast enters its lair and remains in its den.
Their eyes secretly watch the helpless, lying in wait like a lion in his den. They lie in wait to catch the afflicted. They catch the afflicted when they pull him into their net.
The nursing child will play over the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child will put his hand on vipers' dens.
At this point, the king ordered Daniel brought in and thrown into the lions' pit. The king spoke to Daniel, "Your God, whom you serve constantly, will deliver you himself." A stone was brought and placed over the opening to the pit, and the king affixed a seal to it with his personal signet ring and with the signet rings of his officials so that no one would interfere with Daniel's situation.
He told them, "It is written, "My house is to be called a house of prayer,' but you are turning it into a hideout for bandits!"
Then he began to teach them: "It is written, is it not, "My house is to be called a house of prayer for all nations'? But you've turned it into a hideout for bandits!"
The world wasn't worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and from caves to holes in the ground.
Hastings
The five Heb. words represented by 'den' signify respectively 'hollow place' (Isa 32:14), 'thicket' (Ps 10:9), 'place of ambush' (Job 37:8), 'dwelling' (Job 38:40), 'light hole' or 'eyeball' (Isa 11:8); but the last passage, may be corrupt.
J. Taylor.
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"Then a beast enters its lair and remains in its den.
Their eyes secretly watch the helpless, lying in wait like a lion in his den. They lie in wait to catch the afflicted. They catch the afflicted when they pull him into their net.
The nursing child will play over the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child will put his hand on vipers' dens.
"For the palace will be abandoned, the noisy city deserted; the citadel and watchtower will become barren wastes forever, the delight of wild donkeys, and a pasture for flocks,