Zephaniah 2:13-15
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north,
and destroy Assyria;
and he will make Nineveh a desolation,
a dry waste like the desert.
14 Herds shall lie down in it,
every wild animal;[a]
the desert owl[b] and the screech owl[c]
shall lodge on its capitals;
the owl[d] shall hoot at the window,
the raven[e] croak on the threshold;
for its cedar work will be laid bare.
15 Is this the exultant city
that lived secure,
that said to itself,
“I am, and there is no one else”?
What a desolation it has become,
a lair for wild animals!
Everyone who passes by it
hisses and shakes the fist.
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 2:14 Tg Compare Gk: Heb nation
- Zephaniah 2:14 Meaning of Heb uncertain
- Zephaniah 2:14 Meaning of Heb uncertain
- Zephaniah 2:14 Cn: Heb a voice
- Zephaniah 2:14 Gk Vg: Heb desolation
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