Zep 3:6 | NETfull | STEP | “I destroyed nations; their walled cities are in ruins. I turned their streets into ruins; no one passes through them. Their cities are desolate; no one lives there.

Zephaniah 3:6

The Lord’s Judgment will Purify

6 “I destroyed ^{▼▼ Heb “cut off.”} nations;
their walled cities ^{▼▼ Heb “corner towers”; NEB, NRSV “battlements.”} are in ruins.
I turned their streets into ruins;
no one passes through them.
Their cities are desolate; ^{▼▼ This Hebrew verb (צָדָה, tsadah) occurs only here in the OT, but its meaning is established from the context and from an Aramaic cognate.}
no one lives there. ^{▼▼ Heb “so that there is no man, without inhabitant.”}