Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
and destroy Assyria;
He will make Nineveh a desolate ruin,
dry as the desert.
New American Standard Bible
And destroy
And He will make
Parched like the wilderness.
King James Version
And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.
International Standard Version
"And the LORD will attack the north, destroying Assyria. He will turn Nineveh into a desolate ruin, as dry as a desert wilderness.
A Conservative Version
And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria, and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like the wilderness.
American Standard Version
And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria, and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like the wilderness.
Amplified
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.
Bible in Basic English
And his hand will be stretched out against the north, for the destruction of Assyria; and he will make Nineveh unpeopled and dry like the waste land.
Darby Translation
And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, a place of drought like the wilderness.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and he will destroy Assur; and he will set Nineveh for a desolation, a dryness as the desert
King James 2000
And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
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.
Modern King James verseion
And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria, and will make Nineveh a desert and dry like a desert.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Yea, he shall stretch out his hand over the north, and destroy Assyria. As for Nineveh, he shall make it desolate, dry and waste.
NET Bible
The Lord will attack the north and destroy Assyria. He will make Nineveh a heap of ruins; it will be as barren as the desert.
New Heart English Bible
He will stretch out his hand against the north, destroy Assyria, and will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as the wilderness.
The Emphasized Bible
And may he stretch out his hand against the North, and destroy Assyria, - and may he make of Nineveh a desolation, dry as the desert!
Webster
And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.
World English Bible
He will stretch out his hand against the north, destroy Assyria, and will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as the wilderness.
Youngs Literal Translation
And He stretcheth His hand against the north, And doth destroy Asshur, And he setteth Nineveh for a desolation, A dry land like a wilderness.
Themes
Assyria » Prophecies concerning
Desolation » Why desolation comes
Interlinear
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References
American
Easton
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Zephaniah 2:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Cush And Assyria Will Be Destroyed
12
and destroy Assyria;
He will make Nineveh a desolate ruin,
dry as the desert.
every kind of wild animal.
Both the desert owl
will roost in the capitals of its pillars.
Their calls will sound
but devastation
for He will expose the cedar work.
Cross References
Nahum 3:7
“Nineveh is devastated;
who will show sympathy to her?”
Where can I find anyone to comfort you?
Isaiah 10:12
But when the Lord finishes all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I
Isaiah 10:16
will inflict an emaciating disease
on the well-fed of Assyria,
and He will kindle a burning fire
under its glory.
Nahum 1:1
The oracle concerning Nineveh.
Psalm 83:8-9
they lend support
Isaiah 11:11
On that day
Ezekiel 31:3-18
with beautiful branches and shady foliage
and of lofty height.
Its top was among the clouds.
Micah 5:6
the land of Nimrod
So He will rescue us
when it invades our land,
when it marches against our territory.
Nahum 2:10-11
Hearts melt,
knees tremble,
loins shake,
every face grows pale!
Nahum 3:15
the sword will cut you down.
It will devour you like the young locust.
Multiply yourselves like the young locust,
multiply like the swarming locust!
Nahum 3:18-19
your officers sleep.
Your people are scattered across the mountains
with no one to gather them together.
Zechariah 10:10-11
and gather them from Assyria.
I will bring them to the land of Gilead
and to Lebanon,
but it will not be enough for them.