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You Ethiopians too will be run through by my sword. (Zephaniah 2, 12)
He will raise his hand against the north and bring Assyria down in ruins; he will make Nineveh a waste, as dry as a desert. (Zephaniah 2, 13)
Flocks will rest inside there, so will wild animals; pelican and porcupine will nest round her cornices at night; the owl will hoot at the window and the raven croak on the doorstep -- for the cedar has been torn down. (Zephaniah 2, 14)
This is what the city will be like, once living happy and carefree and thinking to itself, 'I have no rival -- not I!' And what will it be now? A ruin, a lair for wild beasts to rest in, and everyone who passes by will whistle and throw up his hands. (Zephaniah 2, 15)
She has not listened to the call, she has not bowed to correction, she has not trusted in Yahweh, she has not drawn near to her God. (Zephaniah 3, 2)
The rulers she has are roaring lions, her judges are wolves of the wastelands which leave nothing over for the morning, (Zephaniah 3, 3)
her prophets are braggarts, impostors, her priests have profaned what is holy and violated the Law. (Zephaniah 3, 4)
Yahweh the Upright is in her, he does no wrong; morning by morning he gives judgement, each dawn unfailingly (but the wrong-doer knows no shame). (Zephaniah 3, 5)
I have exterminated the nations, their corner-towers lie in ruins; I have emptied their streets, no one walks through them; their cities have been destroyed and are now deserted and unpeopled. (Zephaniah 3, 6)
I thought, 'At least you will fear me, at least you will bow to correction,' and none of the punishments I brought on them will disappear from their view. But no, it only made them more anxious to do whatever was corrupt. (Zephaniah 3, 7)
So wait for me -- declares Yahweh -- for the day when I rise as accuser, for I am determined to gather the nations, to assemble the kingdoms, and on you to vent my fury, the whole heat of my anger (for the whole earth will be devoured by the fire of my jealousy). (Zephaniah 3, 8)
When that Day comes you will never again be ashamed of all the deeds with which you once rebelled against me, for I shall rid you of those who exult in your pride; never again will you strut on my holy mountain. (Zephaniah 3, 11)
