Zephaniah 2:12-14
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
12 You too, O Cushites,[a]
shall be slain by the sword of the Lord.(A)
13 He will stretch out his hand against the north,
to destroy Assyria;
He will make Nineveh a waste,
dry as the desert.(B)
14 In her midst flocks shall lie down,
all the wild life of the hollows;
The screech owl and the desert owl
shall roost in her columns;
The owl shall hoot from the window,
the raven croak from the doorway.(C)
Footnotes
- 2:12 Cushites: the Ethiopians, who had ruled Egypt a generation before Zephaniah’s career.
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