Zephaniah 2:13

and God's hand will attack the north and destroy Assyria, 1 so that Nineveh will become an abandoned devastation, as dry as the desert. 1

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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

12You Cushites also will be pierced by my sword, 1

14Then herds will lie down there, every animal of the nations, 1 both the desert owl and the screech owl will rest in the top of her columns. 1 A call will sing out from the windows; rubble will be in the doorways; her carved cedar beams will be exposed. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 83:8Assyria also is allied with them; 1 they are helping the descendants of Lot. Selah 1

Isaiah 10:12When the Lord has finished his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the speech of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and his prideful looks.

Isaiah 11:11On that day, the Lord will again extend his hand 1 to recover the remnant of his people who remain in Assyria, Egypt, 1 Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the islands of the sea. 1

Micah 5:6They will shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword, 1 and the land of Nimrod in its entrances. + 5:6 The Hebrew text has in its entrances , that is, in their gates. However, some modern versions suppose that a different Hebrew word was intended: with a drawn sword . 1 He will rescue us from the Assyrians, 1 when they come into our land, 1 when they march inside our borders. 1

Nahum 2:10Nineveh is empty and ruined. Everyone's heart melts, everyone's knees strike together, 1 and anguish is in everyone; their faces are all pale. 1

Nahum 3:15Fire will devour you there, and the sword will destroy you. It will devour you as young locusts devour everything. 1 Make yourselves as many as the young locusts, as many as the full-grown locusts. 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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