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Zephaniah 2:12-14
International Standard Version
Zephaniah 2:12-14
International Standard Version
The Lord’s Rebuke to Cush and Nineveh
13 “And the Lord[c] will attack[d] the north, destroying Assyria.
He will turn Nineveh into a desolate ruin,
as dry as a desert wilderness.
14 Flocks will lie down in her midst,
along with animals of every kind.
Desert owls and screeching owls will nest at the top of the pillars,
hooting through the vacant[e] windows,
‘Ruin sits at these doorsills,’
for he will expose even the cedar framework.
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 2:12 I.e. Sudan, Ethiopia, or southern Iraq
- Zephaniah 2:12 Lit. they
- Zephaniah 2:13 Lit. And he
- Zephaniah 2:13 Lit. stretch out his hand toward
- Zephaniah 2:14 The Heb. lacks vacant
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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