¹² “Even you, the people from Sudan,
    you will also die by my sword.”

¹³ Yahweh will use his power against the north and destroy Assyria.
    He will turn Nineveh into a deserted ruin,
        a dried up wasteland like the desert.
¹⁴ Flocks will lie down in it along with animals of every kind.
    Even pelicans and herons will nest on top of its columns.
    Listen! A bird will sing in a window.
    The doorway will be in ruins,
        because Yahweh will expose the cedar beams.