Zephaniah 2:13 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

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

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

He's going to reach out and completely wreck the north — Assyria is getting destroyed, and Nineveh will become a ghost town, totally empty and dried up like a desert.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

God's justice reaches everywhere, even the most powerful empires aren't untouchable.

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