Zephaniah 2:12-14

New International Version - UK

¹² ‘You Cushites,^[a] too,
    will be slain by my sword.’

¹³ He will stretch out his hand against the north
    and destroy Assyria,
leaving Nineveh utterly desolate
    and dry as the desert.
¹⁴ Flocks and herds will lie down there,
    creatures of every kind.
The desert owl and the screech owl
    will roost on her columns.
Their hooting will echo through the windows,
    rubble will fill the doorways,
    the beams of cedar will be exposed.