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12 “You also, O (A)Ethiopians, will be slain by My sword.”
13 And He will (B)stretch out His hand against the north
And cause (C)Assyria to perish,
And He will make (D)Nineveh a desolation,
Parched like the wilderness.
14 Flocks will lie down in her midst,
All the beasts of the nation;
Both the [a](E)pelican and the hedgehog
Will lodge in [b]the tops of her pillars;
Their voice will sing in the window,
Ruin will be on the threshold;
For He has laid bare the cedar work.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 2:14 Or owl, jackdaw
  2. Zephaniah 2:14 Lit her capitals