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Zephaniah 2:12-14
English Standard Version
Zephaniah 2:12-14
English Standard Version
12 (A)You also, O Cushites,
shall be slain by my sword.
13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north
(B)and destroy Assyria,
and he (C)will make Nineveh a desolation,
a dry waste like the desert.
14 (D)Herds shall lie down in her midst,
all kinds of beasts;[a]
(E)even the owl and the hedgehog[b]
shall lodge in her capitals;
a voice shall hoot in the window;
devastation will be on the threshold;
for (F)her cedar work will be laid bare.
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 2:14 Hebrew beasts of every nation
- Zephaniah 2:14 The identity of the animals rendered owl and hedgehog is uncertain
Zephaniah 2:12-14
New International Version
Zephaniah 2:12-14
New International Version
Cush
Assyria
13 He will stretch out his hand against the north
and destroy Assyria,(C)
leaving Nineveh(D) utterly desolate
and dry as the desert.(E)
14 Flocks and herds(F) will lie down there,
creatures of every kind.
The desert owl(G) and the screech owl(H)
will roost on her columns.
Their hooting will echo through the windows,
rubble will fill the doorways,
the beams of cedar will be exposed.
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 2:12 That is, people from the upper Nile region
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