13 And he will stretch out his hand against the North, and destroy Assyria, and will make Nineveh desolate, and waste like a wilderness.

14 And flocks shall lie in the midst of her, and all the beasts of the nations, and the [a]pelican and the [b]owl shall abide in the upper posts of it: the voice of birds shall sing in the windows, and desolations shall be upon the posts: for the cedars are uncovered.

15 This is the [c]rejoicing city that dwelt careless, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none besides me: how is she made waste, and the lodging of the beasts! everyone that passeth by her shall hiss and wag his hand.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 2:14 Read Isa. 34:11.
  2. Zephaniah 2:14 Or, hedgehog.
  3. Zephaniah 2:15 Meaning, Nineveh, which rejoicing so much of her strength and prosperity, should be thus made waste, and God’s people delivered.

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