Zephaniah 2:13
Zephaniah 2:13-15 The Message (MSG)
Then GOD will reach into the north and destroy Assyria. He will waste Nineveh, leave her dry and treeless as a desert. The ghost town of a city, the haunt of wild animals, Nineveh will be home to raccoons and coyotes— they’ll bed down in its ruins. Owls will hoot in the windows, ravens will croak in the doorways— all that fancy woodwork now a perch for birds. Can this be the famous Fun City that had it made, That boasted, “I’m the Number-One City! I’m King of the Mountain!” So why is the place deserted, a lair for wild animals? Passersby hardly give it a look; they dismiss it with a gesture.
Zephaniah 2:13 King James Version (KJV)
And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.
Zephaniah 2:13 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
And He will stretch out His hand against the north And destroy Assyria, And He will make Nineveh a desolation, Parched like the wilderness.
Zephaniah 2:13 New Century Version (NCV)
Then the LORD will turn against the north and destroy Assyria. He will make Nineveh a ruin as dry as a desert.
Zephaniah 2:13 American Standard Version (ASV)
And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria, and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like the wilderness.
Zephaniah 2:13 New International Version (NIV)
He will stretch out his hand against the north and destroy Assyria, leaving Nineveh utterly desolate and dry as the desert.
Zephaniah 2:13 New King James Version (NKJV)
And He will stretch out His hand against the north, Destroy Assyria, And make Nineveh a desolation, As dry as the wilderness.
Zephaniah 2:13 Amplified Bible (AMP)
And the LORD will stretch out His hand against the north And destroy Assyria, And He will make Nineveh a desolation [a wasteland], Parched as the desert. [Is 10:12; Nah 1:1]