Zephaniah 2:13

And Hashem will stretch out His hand against the tzafon (north), 1 and destroy Assyria; 1 and will make Nineveh a desolation, 1 a dry waste like a midbar. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.

In Context

12Ye Ethiopians also, 1 ye shall be slain by My cherev. 1

14And herds shall lie down in the midst of it, 1 every beast of the Goy; 1 both the desert owl and the screech owl 1 will roost on her columns; 1 their voice shall hoot in the windows; 1 desolation shall be in the thresholds; 1 the beams of cedar will be exposed. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 83:8Geval, and Ammon, and Amalek; 1 Peleshet (Philistia) with the inhabitants of Tzor; 1

Isaiah 10:12Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when Adonoi hath performed His whole work upon Mount Tziyon and on Yerushalayim, I will punish the fruit of the proud lev of Melech Ashur, and the tiferet of his haughty eyes. 1

Isaiah 11:11And it shall come to pass in Yom HaHu, that Adonoi shall set His yad again the second time to recover the She'ar (Remnant) of His people, which shall be left, + 11:11 as survivors from Assyria, and from Mitzrayim, and from Patros, and from Kush, and from Eilam, and from Shinar, and from Chamat, and from the islands of the sea. 1

Micah 5:6And the She'erit Ya'akov shall be in the midst of many people 1 like tal (dew) from Hashem, like the showers upon the grass, 1 that doth not await manʼs bidding, 1 nor tarry for the bnei adam. 1

Nahum 2:10Take ye the plunder of kesef, take the plunder of zahav; 1 for there is no end of the treasures, 1 heaps of kol keli chemdah (every delightful vessel). 1

Nahum 3:15There shall the eish devour thee, 1 the cherev shall consume thee, 1 it shall eat thee up like the grasshopper. 1 Make thyself many as the grasshopper, 1 make thyself many as the arbeh (locust). 1

Matthew Henry on Zephaniah 2:13-15

Ethiopia and Assyria Threatened. ( b. c. 612.) 12 Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword. 13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. 14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work. 15 This… Read the whole commentary →

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