Zephaniah 2:13-15
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
13 He will stretch out his hand against the north,
to destroy Assyria;
He will make Nineveh a waste,
dry as the desert.(A)
14 In her midst flocks shall lie down,
all the wild life of the hollows;
The screech owl and the desert owl
shall roost in her columns;
The owl shall hoot from the window,
the raven croak from the doorway.(B)
15 Is this the exultant city[a]
that dwelt secure,
That told itself,
“I and there is no one else”?
How it has become a waste,
a lair for wild animals!
Those who pass by it
hiss, and shake their fists!
Footnotes
- 2:15 The exultant city: Nineveh. Hiss, and shake their fists: gestures of derision.
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