Zephaniah 2:13

NETBible

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.

NIV ©

He will stretch out his hand against the north and destroy Assyria, leaving Nineveh utterly desolate and dry as the desert.

NASB ©

And He will stretch out His hand against the north And destroy Assyria, And He will make Nineveh a desolation, Parched like the wilderness.

NLT ©

And the LORD will strike the lands of the north with his fist. He will destroy Assyria and make its great capital, Nineveh, a desolate wasteland, parched like a desert.

MSG ©

Then GOD will reach into the north and destroy Assyria. He will waste Nineveh, leave her dry and treeless as a desert.

BBE ©

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.

NRSV ©

And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and he will make Nineveh a desolation, a dry waste like the desert.

NKJV ©

And He will stretch out His hand against the north, Destroy Assyria, And make Nineveh a desolation, As dry as the wilderness.


KJV
And he will stretch out
<05186> (8799)
his hand
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against the north
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and destroy
<06> (8762)
Assyria
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and will make
<07760> (8799)
Nineveh
<05210>
a desolation
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[and] dry
<06723>
like a wilderness
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NASB ©

And He will stretch
<5186>
out His hand
<3027>
against
<5921>
the north
<6828>
And destroy
<6>
Assyria
<804>
, And He will make
<7760>
Nineveh
<5210>
a desolation
<8077>
, Parched
<6723>
like the wilderness
<4057>
.
LXXM
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
ektenei
<1614> 
V-FAI-3S
thn
<3588> 
T-ASF
ceira
<5495> 
N-ASF
autou
<846> 
D-GSM
epi
<1909> 
PREP
borran {N-ASM} kai
<2532> 
CONJ
apolei {V-FAI-3S} ton
<3588> 
T-ASM
assurion {N-ASM} kai
<2532> 
CONJ
yhsei
<5087> 
V-FAI-3S
thn
<3588> 
T-ASF
nineuh {N-PRI} eiv
<1519> 
PREP
afanismon
<854> 
N-ASM
anudron
<504> 
A-ASM
wv
<3739> 
CONJ
erhmon
<2048> 
N-ASF
NET [draft] ITL
The Lord will attack
<05186>
the north
<06828>
and destroy
<06>
Assyria
<0804>
. He will make
<07760>
Nineveh
<05210>
a heap of ruins
<08077>
; it will be as barren
<06723>
as the desert
<04057>
.
HEBREW
rbdmk
<04057>
hyu
<06723>
hmmsl
<08077>
hwnyn
<05210>
ta
<0853>
Mvyw
<07760>
rwsa
<0804>
ta
<0853>
dbayw
<06>
Nwpu
<06828>
le
<05921>
wdy
<03027>
jyw (2:13)
<05186>

NETBible

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.

NET Notes

tn Heb “He”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

tn Heb “he will stretch out his hand against the north.”

tn Or “dry.”