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12 You Ethiopians too
    will be slain by My sword.
13 He will stretch out his hand against the north
and devastate Assyria
and make Nineveh as a wasteland—
    dry as a desert.
14 Flocks will lie down in her midst,
all kinds of beasts—
both the little owl and the great owl
    will lodge in her pillars.
A voice will hoot in the window.
Ruin will be in the doorway,
for the cedar beams will be exposed.

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Cush

12 “You Cushites,[a](A) too,
    will be slain by my sword.(B)

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.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 2:12 That is, people from the upper Nile region