Zephaniah 2:13-15

New Century Version

¹³ Then the Lord will turn against the north
    and destroy Assyria.
He will make Nineveh
    a ruin as dry as a desert.
¹⁴ Flocks and herds will lie down there,
    and all wild animals.
The owls and crows will sit
    on the stone pillars.
The owl will hoot through the windows,
    trash will be in the doorways,
    and the wooden boards of the buildings will be gone.
¹⁵ This is the happy and safe city
    that thinks there is no one else as strong as it is.
But what a ruin it will be,
    a place where wild animals live.
All those who pass by will make fun
    and shake their fists.