Zephaniah 2:13-15
Legacy Standard Bible
13 And He will (A)stretch out His hand against the north
And cause (B)Assyria to perish,
And He will make (C)Nineveh a desolation,
Parched like the wilderness.
14 Flocks will lie down in her midst,
All the beasts of the nation;
Both the [a](D)pelican and the hedgehog
Will lodge in [b]the tops of her pillars;
Their voice will sing in the window,
Ruin will be on the threshold;
For He has laid bare the cedar work.
15 This is the (E)exultant city
Which (F)inhabits securely,
Who says in her heart,
“(G)I am, and there is no one besides me.”
How she has become an object of (H)horror,
A resting place for beasts!
(I)Everyone who passes by her will hiss
And wave his hand in contempt.
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 2:14 Or owl, jackdaw
- Zephaniah 2:14 Lit her capitals
Zephaniah 2:13-15
Lexham English Bible
13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north,
and he will destroy Assyria
and will make Nineveh a desolation,
a dry wasteland like the desert.
14 Herds shall lie down in her midst,
every wild animal of a nation;
even the desert owl and the screech owl
shall lodge on her capitals.
A voice shall hoot in the window;
rubble[a] on the threshold;
for the cedar is laid bare.
15 This is the city of rejoicing
that lived securely;
the one saying in her heart,
“I am, and there is none besides me.”[b]
How she has become a desolation,
a lair for wild animals!
Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 2:14 The traditional Hebrew text has “waste,” while LXX has “a raven,” reflecting a different word with one consonant changed
- Zephaniah 2:15 Literally “I am and none me”
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