13 And He will stretch out His hand against the north And destroy Assyria , And He will make Nineveh a desolation , Parched like the wilderness . 14 Flocks will lie down in her midst , All beasts which range in herds ; Both the pelican and the hedgehog Will lodge in the tops of her pillars ; Birds will sing in the window , Desolation will be on the threshold ; For He has laid bare the cedar work . 15 This is the exultant city Which dwells securely , Who says in her heart , " I am, and there is no one besides me." How she has become a desolation , A resting place for beasts ! Everyone who passes by her will hiss And wave his hand in contempt.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Zephaniah 2:13-15
Commentary on Zephaniah 2:4-15
(Read Zephaniah 2:4-15)
Those are really in a woful condition who have the word of the Lord against them, for no word of his shall fall to the ground. God will restore his people to their rights, though long kept from them. It has been the common lot of God's people, in all ages, to be reproached and reviled. God shall be worshipped, not only by all Israel, and the strangers who join them, but by the heathen. Remote nations must be reckoned with for the wrongs done to God's people. The sufferings of the insolent and haughty in prosperity, are unpitied and unlamented. But all the desolations of flourishing nations will make way for the overturning Satan's kingdom. Let us improve our advantages, and expect the performance of every promise, praying that our Father's name may be hallowed every where, over all the earth.