Zep 2:13-15 | NASB1995 | STEP | And He will stretch out His hand against the north And destroy Assyria , And He will make Nineveh a desolation , Parched like the wilderness .

Zephaniah 2:13-15

13 And He will ^astretch out His hand against the north
And destroy ^bAssyria,
And He will make ^cNineveh a desolation,
Parched like the wilderness.
14 Flocks will lie down in her midst,
^{▼▼ Or All kinds of beasts in crowds; lit Every kind of beast of a nation}All beasts which range in herds;
Both the ^{▼▼ Or owl or jackdaw
,} ^fpelican and the hedgehog
Will lodge in ^{▼▼ Lit her capitals}the tops of her pillars;
^{▼▼ Lit A voice}Birds will sing in the window,
Desolation will be on the threshold;
For He has laid bare the cedar work.
15 This is the ⁱexultant city
Which ^jdwells securely,
Who says in her heart,
^k“I am, and there is no one besides me.”
How she has become a ^ldesolation,
A resting place for beasts!
^mEveryone who passes by her will hiss
And wave his hand in contempt.