 | J. Rosalie Hooge - 2003 - 390 ページ
...formed part of the Medo-Persian empire.) But Assyria's end was also in sight, Zephaniah 2:13-15, And he will stretch out his hand against the north and destroy Assyria; and "mil make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. And flocks shall lie down in the midst of... | |
 | Richard D. Patterson - 2003 - 360 ページ
...seemingly impregnable city. Accordingly, Zcphaniah's prophecy takes on a touch of poignancy and pathos: "He will stretch out his hand against the north and destroy Assyria, leaving Nineveh utterly desolate and as dry as the desert" (Zeph. 2:13). Nahum next envisions the subsequent... | |
 | Russell R. Standish, Colin D. Standish - 2004 - 386 ページ
...down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.... 14And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in... | |
 | Alexander Deriev - 2004 - 186 ページ
...she shall be peopled no more for ever, nor inhabited for all generations. Ieremiah XXXXX: 39 Herds shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the field; the vulture and the hedgehog shall lodge in her capitals; the owl shall hoot in the window,... | |
 | Jim Dahlgren - 2005 - 211 ページ
...rulers as they were mortars or as if he were a potter treading the clay. In Zephaniah 2: 13 (2:13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and...Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.), God will stretch out his hand against the north and destroy Assyria. Nineveh was the ancient capital... | |
 | Walter Curtis Lichfield - 2005 - 626 ページ
...all the isles of the heathen. 2:12 "Ye Ethiopians also, ye (shall be) slain by my sword. 2:13 "And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and...Nineveh a desolation, (and) dry like a wilderness. 2:14 "And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant... | |
 | Robert L. Vincent, Consuelo M. Vincent - 2006 - 607 ページ
...every one from his all the Isles of the heathen. Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword. And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and...in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it: Their voice shall sing... | |
 | 470 ページ
...place, even all the isles of the heathen. 12 Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword. 13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and...make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. 14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant... | |
 | Brian Fagan - 2006 - 318 ページ
...literal historical truth. They remembered how the prophet Zephaniah had thundered against Nineveh: "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."2 The writings of the few travelers... | |
 | James Mays - 2006 - 242 ページ
...of the scope of the coming destruction of Nineveh with these words from chapter two of his prophecy. He will stretch out his hand against the north and destroy Assyria, leaving Nineveh utterly desolate and dry as the desert. Flocks and herds will lie down there, creatures... | |
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And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall... 
