Xīfānyǎshū 2:13

13 Yēhéhuá bì shēnshǒu gōngjī bĕi fāng , huǐmiè Yàshù , shǐ Níníwēi huāngliáng , yòu gān hàn rú kuàngyĕ .

Xīfānyǎshū 2:13 Meaning and Commentary

Zephaniah 2:13

And he will stretch out his hand against the north
Either the Lord, or Nebuchadnezzar his sword; who, as he would subdue the nations that lay southward, he would lead his army northward against the land of Assyria, which lay to the north of Judea, as next explained: and destroy Assyria;
that famous monarchy, which had ruled over the kingdoms of the earth, now should come to an end, and be reduced to subjection to the king of Babylon: and will make Nineveh a desolation;
which was the capital city, the metropolis of the Assyrian monarchy: Nahum prophesies at large of the destruction of this city: [and] dry like a wilderness;
which before was a very watery place, situated by rivers, particularly the river Tigris; so that it was formerly like a pool of water, ( Nahum 2:6 Nahum 2:8 ) but now should be dry like a heath or desert, Dr. Prideaux places the destruction of Nineveh in the twenty ninth year of Josiah's reign; but Bishop Usher earlier, in the sixteenth year of his reign; and, if so, then Zephaniah, who here prophesies of it, must begin to prophesy in the former part of Josiah's reign.

Xīfānyǎshū 2:13 In-Context

11 Yēhéhuá bì xiàng tāmen xiǎn kĕ wèi zhī wēi . yīn tā bì jiào shìshang de zhū shén shòuruò , liè guó hǎidǎo de jūmín gè zaì zìjǐ de dìfang jìngbaì tā .

12 Gǔshí rén nǎ , nǐmen bì beì wǒde dāo suǒ shā .

13 Yēhéhuá bì shēnshǒu gōngjī bĕi fāng , huǐmiè Yàshù , shǐ Níníwēi huāngliáng , yòu gān hàn rú kuàngyĕ .

14 Qún chù , jiù shì gè guó ( guó huò zuò leì ) de zǒushòu bì wò zaì qízhōng . tí hú hé jiàn zhū yào xiǔ zaì zhù dǐng shang zaì chuānghu neì yǒu wū jiào de shēngyīn . mén jiàn dōu bì huǐhuaì . xiāng bǎi mù yǐjing lòu chū .

15 Zhè shì sùlái huānlè ānrán jūzhù de chéng , xīnli shuō , wéiyǒu wǒ , chú wǒ yǐwaì zaì méiyǒu biéde . xiànzaì hé jìng huāngliáng , chéngwéi yĕshòu tǎng wò zhī chù . fán jīngguò de rén dōu bì yáo shǒu chīxiào tā .