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Judgment on Assyria

13 (A) The Lord will reach to the north
to crush Assyria
    and overthrow Nineveh.[a]
14 Herds of wild animals
    will live in its rubble;
all kinds of desert owls
will perch on its stones
    and hoot in the windows.
Noisy ravens will be heard
inside its buildings,
    stripped bare of cedar.[b]
15 This is the glorious city
that felt secure and said,
    “I am the only one!”
Now it's merely ruins,
    a home for wild animals.
Every passerby simply sneers
    and makes vulgar signs.

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Footnotes

  1. 2.13 Nineveh: The capital of Assyria; Nineveh was protected by a moat filled with water from the nearby Tigris River.
  2. 2.14 stripped … cedar: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

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