NAHUM EXPLAINS THE RAVENOUS LIONS AND THEIR YOUNG LIONS!
Concerning the event when the AC breaks the "Holy Covenant" by invading Israel and taking over Jerusalem, Ezekiel prophesied in Ezekiel chapter 38:13 the following about the reaction to that event by the "MERCHANTS of Tarshish and their YOUNG LIONS" He said…

The merchants and their lions seem super surprised, as if they did not expect this thing! "Sheba and Dedan" are Saudi Arabia, which is on the side of the US now and probably will then be too! And what about these "merchants of Tarshish?"
In the Bible Tarshish usually represented a commercial naval power west of Israel! So you could say these are the merchants of the WEST, those in the US, the UK including all its British Commonwealth members, and Europe, who trade by sea, or air nowadays! These merchants do not denote one specific country! They are the international global supra-nationals, the rich "old lions"--the "Lions" club of the Western countries, as well as their young lions, the smaller merchants! Although it doesn’t talk in Ezekiel about the the old Lions, the prophet Nahum does! You could say they are the most superior or top merchants! This is a very interesting point as insiders have leaked how the AC is supported and sponsored by an elite group of merchants, goldbarons, rich bankers, top tycoons, moguls and industrialists! And it’s these international merchants, and the Saudis—could they be the oil princes?—who ask the next question:

The Bible very specifically explains this loot: "Silver and gold…cattle and goods…a great spoil!"
They only ask…almost surprised at what's happening, as if they have no power against it and didn’t expect this scenario at all! They obviously don’t take any military steps, perhaps because they are outnumbered by this huge force of nations? Is that why they only ask, almost reproachfully: "Why? What do you think you’re doing? Are you stealing our gold and silver and riches or something?" Which may indicate where those riches will be by that time! It looks as if the AC is taking over the financial nexus and power of the World, which according to this Word, by that time, seems to be centered in Jerusalem Israel!
So, at this point, could it be that the AC is shaking himself loose from his rich patrons, who began this Satanic plot of creating a One World Government, many centuries ago! Now in this matter the prophet Nahum almost seems to pick up where Ezekiel leaves off explaining about the "Merchants of Tarshish and the young lions thereof!"

THE BOOK OF NAHUM Chapter 2.
There is a very interesting similar passage in Nahum 2, although speaking about Nineveh of old, could ultimately be fulfilled in a "modern day typology" of a similar city or nation that is very rich and whose merchants are very important ones. The more so because this passage speaks about the Endtime! It warns Israel about some kind of destroyer that comes upon her in the Endtime, "when the chariots shall rage in the streets ... and shall run like lightnings"

The word "Emptied" occurs 8 times in the Bible and 4 of those refer to money! "Emptiers" sounds like robbers! The next verse says in what time era!

When is this supposed to happen? It says in the days of his preparation, meaning the Lord's preparation to return in the Endtime! When chariots race around like flaming torches! Sounds like 20th Century cars, doesn’t it!

Then the passage continues almost like the question of the merchants to the AC…speaking to him "that dashes in pieces", the AC?

There is a store of gold and silver that is without end! Is this talking to the AC to take away the spoil, the loot of the Gold-barons? And after he takes it…is this what she--Israel and/or this modern day Nineveh, America?--will be like?

Israel is scared and shaking in her boots! And again it speaks about these lions and young lions! And where are those lions and young lions to be found? The Bible asks the same question also, in the next verse:

Well, it’s where the chariots race and the fir trees are terribly shaken… obviously the West! Next God says what He thinks about these lions… these ravenous merchants…and He’ll tell us what He’s gonna do to them!

Nuclear War? This sounds very much like the passage in Revelations 18:22 about the nuclear war that destroys modern day Babylon: the US.

FATE OF THE MERCHANT LIONS AND MODERN DAY NINEVEH! NUCLEAR?
The Lord will eventually—toward the end of the "Great Tribulation", let the Antichrist judge the USA and her cars and He will let him cut off their prey, the loot of the earth! "And the voice of thy messengers"—It sounds like the Media that have been saddled and ridden by these rich lions, deceiving the world! It talks in Revelation 18 about "that great City Babylon—Babylon the whore"—about the Western Capitaslist city system epitomized in America, the Great Society. Also Nostradamus saw that the Antichrist would nuke the USA! Revelation 18:21

It seems to be the fate of the modern Western cities and their devouring merchants; International bankers and money aristocracy. The AC seems to turn against them--his sponsors--take over their riches and the nexus of their commercial system Jerusalem, as he enters into the "glorious" land Israel, takes over their temple and places the Abomination of Desolation in it, and then inititates the "Mark of the Beast", the 666 body chip!