Therefore it will come to pass, when Adonai finishes all His work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, “I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glorying of his haughty eyes.”
Zephaniah 2:13 - Tree of Life Version He will stretch out his hand against the north and devastate Assyria and make Nineveh as a wasteland— dry as a desert. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And [the Lord] will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria and will make Nineveh a desolation, dry as the desert. [Isa. 10:12; Nah. 1:1.] American Standard Version (1901) And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria, and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like the wilderness. Common English Bible He will stretch out his hand against the north and will cause Assyria to perish. Let him make Nineveh a desolation, a desolate place like the wilderness. Catholic Public Domain Version And he will extend his hand over the North, and he will destroy Assur. And he will set the Beautiful in the wilderness, and in an impassable place, and like a desert. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he will stretch out his hand upon the north, and will destroy Assyria: and he will make the beautiful city a wilderness, and as a place not passable, and as a desert. |
Therefore it will come to pass, when Adonai finishes all His work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, “I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glorying of his haughty eyes.”
Therefore will the Lord Adonai-Tzva’ot, send leanness among his fat ones. Under its glory He will kindle a burning like a blazing fire.
Oy to Assyria, the rod of My anger— the club in their hand is My indignation!
It will also come about in that day that my Lord will again redeem— a second time with His hand— the remnant of His people who remain from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
This is the purpose planned for the whole earth, and this is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations.”
So King Sennacherib of Assyria withdrew, and returned home, and stayed in Nineveh.
“Hazor will be a lair of jackals, a desolation forever— no one will abide there, nor any son of man dwell there.”
“Rise, go to the great city Nineveh and call out to her, for their evil has risen before me.”
“Rise and go to Nineveh, the great city, and cry out to it the proclamation that I am telling you.”
Now the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples, like dew from Adonai, like abundant showers on grass that does not wait for a man, nor lingers for the sons of men.
The oracle concerning Nineveh—the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
There fire will devour you. Sword will cut you off, devouring you like the locust. Multiply like the locust. Multiply like the swarming locust!
So it will be that all who see you will recoil from you and say, “Nineveh has been ravaged! Who will lament for her?” Where will I find comforters for you?
“I will stretch out my hand upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place —the names of the idolatrous priests along with the kohanim,