New American Standard Bible 2020

Zephaniah 2:12-15

12“You also, 1Ethiopians, will be slain by My sword.”13And He will 2stretch out His hand against the north And eliminate 3Assyria, And He will make 4Nineveh a desolation, Parched like the wilderness.14Flocks will lie down in her midst, 5All animals that range in herds; Both the 6 7pelican and the hedgehog Will spend their nights in 8the tops of her pillars; 9Birds will sing in the window, Devastation will be on the threshold; For He has uncovered the cedar work.15This is the 10presumptuous city That 11dwells securely, Who says in her heart, “12I am, and there is no one besides me.” How she has become a 13desolation, A resting place for animals! 14Everyone who passes by her will 15hiss And wave his hand in contempt.

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Notes

1. Zephaniah 2:12 Is 18:1-7; 20:4, 5; Ezek 30:4-9 ↩
2. Zephaniah 2:13 Is 14:26; Zeph 1:4 ↩
3. Zephaniah 2:13 Is 10:16; Mic 5:6 ↩
4. Zephaniah 2:13 Nah 3:7 ↩
5. Zephaniah 2:14 Or All kinds of beasts in crowds; lit Every kind of beast of a nation ↩
6. Zephaniah 2:14 Or owl; or jackdaw ↩
7. Zephaniah 2:14 Is 14:23; 34:11 ↩
8. Zephaniah 2:14 Lit her capitals ↩
9. Zephaniah 2:14 Lit A voice ↩
10. Zephaniah 2:15 Is 22:2 ↩
11. Zephaniah 2:15 Is 32:9, 11; 47:8 ↩
12. Zephaniah 2:15 Is 47:8; Ezek 28:2, 9 ↩
13. Zephaniah 2:15 Is 32:14 ↩
14. Zephaniah 2:15 Jer 18:16; 19:8 ↩
15. Zephaniah 2:15 Or whistle ↩

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