Zep 2:13-15 | ESV | STEP | And he will stretch out his hand against the north and destroy Assyria , and he will make Nineveh a desolation , a dry waste like the desert .

‏ Zephaniah 2:13-15

13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north
^aand destroy Assyria,
and he ^bwill make Nineveh a desolation,
a dry waste like the desert.
14 ^cHerds shall lie down in her midst,
all kinds of beasts; ^{▼▼Hebrew beasts of every nation}
^eeven the owl and the hedgehog ^{▼▼The identity of the animals rendered owl and hedgehog is uncertain}
shall lodge in her capitals;
a voice shall hoot in the window;
devastation will be on the threshold;
for ^gher cedar work will be laid bare.
15 This is the exultant city
^hthat lived securely,
that said in her heart,
“I am, and there is no one else.”
What a desolation she has become,
ⁱa lair for wild beasts!
^jEveryone who passes by her
hisses and ^kshakes his fist.