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Zephaniah 2:12-14
Contemporary English Version
Zephaniah 2:12-14
Contemporary English Version
Judgment on Ethiopia
Judgment on Assyria
13 (B) The Lord will reach to the north
to crush Assyria
and overthrow Nineveh.[b]
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.[c]
Footnotes
- 2.12 Ethiopia: The Hebrew text has “Cush,” which was a region south of Egypt that included parts of the present countries of Ethiopia and Sudan.
- 2.13 Nineveh: The capital of Assyria; Nineveh was protected by a moat filled with water from the nearby Tigris River.
- 2.14 stripped … cedar: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
Zephaniah 2:12-14
New International Version
Zephaniah 2:12-14
New International Version
Cush
Assyria
13 He will stretch out his hand against the north
and destroy Assyria,(C)
leaving Nineveh(D) utterly desolate
and dry as the desert.(E)
14 Flocks and herds(F) will lie down there,
creatures of every kind.
The desert owl(G) and the screech owl(H)
will roost on her columns.
Their hooting will echo through the windows,
rubble will fill the doorways,
the beams of cedar will be exposed.
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 2:12 That is, people from the upper Nile region
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