11. Those people will be afraid of the Lord.He will destroy all the gods of the earth.Then those people in faraway placeswill worship the Lord in their own countries.
12. “You Cushites alsowill be killed by my sword.”
13. Then the Lord will turn against the northand punish Assyria.He will destroy Nineveh.It will be dry like a desert.
14. Sheep and goats will lie down there.Wild animals will live there.The owls and crows will siton the stone pillars that are left standing.Their calls will be heard through the windows.Trash will be in the doorways.The wooden boards of the buildings will be gone.
15. This is the happy and safe city.It thinks there is no one else as strong as it is.But that city will be destroyed.Only animals will stay there.Those who pass by will make funand shake their fists.