Zephaniah 2:14

New Century Version

Flocks and herds will lie down there, and all wild animals. The owls and crows will sit on the stone pillars. The owl will hoot through the windows, trash will be in the doorways, and the wooden boards of the buildings will be gone.

Cross References

Psalm 102:6

I am like a desert owl, like an owl living among the ruins.

Isaiah 14:23

“I will make Babylon fit only for owls and for swamps. I will sweep Babylon as with a broom of destruction,” says the Lord All-Powerful.

Jeremiah 22:14

He says, ‘I will build a great palace for myself with large upper rooms.’ So he builds it with large windows and uses cedar wood for the walls, which he paints red.

Amos 9:1

I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and he said: “Smash the top of the pillars so that even the bottom of the doors will shake. Make the pillars fall on the people’s heads; anyone left alive I will kill with a sword. Not one person will get away; no one will escape.

Zephaniah 2:6

The land by the Mediterranean Sea, in which you live, will become pastures, fields for shepherds, and pens for sheep.

Revelation 18:2

He shouted in a powerful voice: “Ruined, ruined is the great city of Babylon! She has become a home for demons and a prison for every evil spirit, and a prison for every unclean bird and unclean beast.