Zephaniah 2:13

New Living Translation

And the Lord will strike the lands of the north with his fist, destroying the land of Assyria. He will make its great capital, Nineveh, a desolate wasteland, parched like a desert.

Cross References

Isaiah 10:12

After the Lord has used the king of Assyria to accomplish his purposes on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, he will turn against the king of Assyria and punish him—for he is proud and arrogant.

Isaiah 10:16

Therefore, the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, will send a plague among Assyria’s proud troops, and a flaming fire will consume its glory.

Isaiah 10:5

“What sorrow awaits Assyria, the rod of my anger. I use it as a club to express my anger.

Isaiah 11:11

In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to bring back the remnant of his people— those who remain in Assyria and northern Egypt; in southern Egypt, Ethiopia, and Elam; in Babylonia, Hamath, and all the distant coastlands.

Isaiah 14:26

I have a plan for the whole earth, a hand of judgment upon all the nations.

Isaiah 37:37

Then King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and returned to his own land. He went home to his capital of Nineveh and stayed there.

Jeremiah 49:33

“Hazor will be inhabited by jackals, and it will be desolate forever. No one will live there; no one will inhabit it.”

Jonah 1:2

“Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh. Announce my judgment against it because I have seen how wicked its people are.”

Jonah 3:2

“Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh, and deliver the message I have given you.”

Micah 5:6

They will rule Assyria with drawn swords and enter the gates of the land of Nimrod. He will rescue us from the Assyrians when they pour over the borders to invade our land.

Nahum 1:1

This message concerning Nineveh came as a vision to Nahum, who lived in Elkosh.

Nahum 3:15

But the fire will devour you; the sword will cut you down. The enemy will consume you like locusts, devouring everything they see. There will be no escape, even if you multiply like swarming locusts.

Nahum 3:7

All who see you will shrink back and say, ‘Nineveh lies in ruins. Where are the mourners?’ Does anyone regret your destruction?”

Zephaniah 1:4

“I will crush Judah and Jerusalem with my fist and destroy every last trace of their Baal worship. I will put an end to all the idolatrous priests, so that even the memory of them will disappear.