Zephaniah 2:14
Herds will lie down in her midst, creatures of every kind. Both the desert owl and screech owl will roost atop her pillars. Their calls will sound from the window, but desolation will lie on the threshold, for He will expose the beams of cedar.
Note Hebrew beasts of every nation
Note The precise identification of the animals rendered desert owl and screech owl is uncertain.
And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.
Note cormorant: or, pelican
Note upper…: or, knops, or, chapiters
Note for…: or, when he hath uncovered
Herds will lie down in the middle of her, all kinds of animals. Both the pelican and the porcupine will lodge in its capitals. Their calls will echo through the windows. Desolation will be in the thresholds, for he has laid bare the cedar beams.
And herds shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the pelican and the porcupine shall lodge in the capitals thereof; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he hath laid bare the cedar-work.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- flocks
- Zephaniah 2:6; Isaiah 13:19–22; Isaiah 34:11–17; Revelation 18:2
- commorant
- or, pelican. upper lintels. or, knops, orchapiters.
- Amos 9:1
- for he shall uncover
- or, when he hath uncovered. the cedar.
- Jeremiah 22:14