Zephaniah 2:13

New Century Version

Then the Lord will turn against the north and destroy Assyria. He will make Nineveh a ruin as dry as a desert.

Cross References

Isaiah 10:12

When the Lord finishes doing what he planned to Mount Zion and Jerusalem, he will punish Assyria. The king of Assyria is very proud, and his pride has made him do these evil things, so God will punish him.

Isaiah 10:16

So the Lord God All-Powerful will send a terrible disease upon Assyria’s soldiers. The strength of Assyria will be burned up like a fire burning until everything is gone.

Isaiah 10:5

God says, “How terrible it will be for the king of Assyria. I use him like a rod to show my anger; in anger I use Assyria like a club.

Isaiah 11:11

At that time the Lord will again reach out and take his people who are left alive in Assyria, North Egypt, South Egypt, Cush, Elam, Babylonia, Hamath, and all the islands of the sea.

Isaiah 14:26

“This is what I plan to do for all the earth. And this is the hand that I have raised over all nations.”

Isaiah 37:37

So Sennacherib king of Assyria left and went back to Nineveh and stayed there.

Jeremiah 49:33

“The city of Hazor will become a home for wild dogs; it will be an empty desert forever. No one will live there, and no one will stay in it.”

Jonah 1:2

“Get up, go to the great city of Nineveh, and preach against it, because I see the evil things they do.”

Jonah 3:2

“Get up, go to the great city Nineveh, and preach to it what I tell you to say.”

Micah 5:6

They will destroy the Assyrians with their swords; they will conquer the land of Assyria with their swords drawn. They will rescue us from the Assyrians when they come into our land, when they walk over our borders.

Nahum 1:1

This is the message for the city of Nineveh. This is the book of the vision of Nahum, who was from the town of Elkosh.

Nahum 3:15

There the fire will burn you up. The sword will kill you; like grasshoppers eating crops, the battle will completely destroy you. Grow in number like hopping locusts; grow in number like swarming locusts!

Nahum 3:7

Everyone who sees you will run away and say, ‘Nineveh is in ruins. Who will cry for her?’ Nineveh, where will I find anyone to comfort you?”

Zephaniah 1:4

“I will punish Judah and all the people living in Jerusalem. I will remove from this place all signs of Baal, the false priests, and the other priests.