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12 You also, O Cushites,
    they shall be killed by my sword.
13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north,
    and he will destroy Assyria
and will make Nineveh a desolation,
    a dry wasteland like the desert.
14 Herds shall lie down in her midst,
    every wild animal of a nation;
even the desert owl and the screech owl
    shall lodge on her capitals.
A voice shall hoot in the window;
    rubble[a] on the threshold;
for the cedar is laid bare.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 2:14 The traditional Hebrew text has “waste,” while LXX has “a raven,” reflecting a different word with one consonant changed

Cush

12 “You Cushites,[a](A) too,
    will be slain by my sword.(B)

Assyria

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

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 2:12 That is, people from the upper Nile region