Zephaniah 2:13-15

Revised Standard Version

¹³ And he will stretch out his hand against the north,
    and destroy Assyria;
and he will make Nin′eveh a desolation,
    a dry waste like the desert.
¹⁴ Herds shall lie down in the midst of her,
    all the beasts of the field;^[a]
the vulture^[b] and the hedgehog
    shall lodge in her capitals;
the owl^[c] shall hoot in the window,
    the raven^[d] croak on the threshold;
    for her cedar work will be laid bare.
¹⁵ This is the exultant city
    that dwelt secure,
that said to herself,
    “I am and there is none else.”
What a desolation she has become,
    a lair for wild beasts!
Every one who passes by her
    hisses and shakes his fist.