Zephaniah 2:12-14

Good News Translation

¹²^(A)The Lord will also put the people of Ethiopia^[a] to death.

¹³^(B)The Lord will use his power to destroy Assyria. He will make the city of Nineveh a deserted ruin, a waterless desert. ¹⁴It will be a place where flocks, herds, and animals of every kind will lie down. Owls will live among its ruins and hoot from the windows. Crows^[b] will caw on the doorsteps. The cedar wood of her buildings will be stripped away.

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Footnotes

Zephaniah 2:12 Hebrew Cush: Cush is the ancient name of the extensive territory south of the First Cataract of the Nile River. This region was called Ethiopia in Graeco-Roman times, and included within its borders most of modern Sudan and some of present-day Ethiopia (Abyssinia).
Zephaniah 2:14 Some ancient translations Crows; Hebrew Desolation.