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Zephaniah 2:13

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He will stretch out his hand against the north, destroy Assyria, and will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as the wilderness.

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Verse 13. The beautiful city. Ninive, which was destroyed soon after this, that is in the sixteenth year of the reign of Josias. Challoner. A. 3378.—Hebrew “he shall make Ninive desolate.” Bible.—This famous and potent city was at last destroyed. Worthington. See Jonas 3:4. Calmet.

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