Discovery BoxZephaniah 2:11 
Context2:11 The Lord will terrify them, 1
for 2 he will weaken 3 all the gods of the earth.
All the distant nations will worship the Lord in their own lands. 4
Zephaniah 2:13
Context2:13 The Lord 5 will attack the north 6
and destroy Assyria.
He will make Nineveh a heap of ruins;
it will be as barren 7 as the desert.
1 tn Heb “will be awesome over [or, “against”] them.”
2 tn Or “certainly.”
3 tn The meaning of this rare Hebrew word is unclear. If the meaning is indeed “weaken,” then this line may be referring to the reduction of these gods’ territory through conquest (see Adele Berlin, Zephaniah [AB 25A], 110-11). Cf. NEB “reduce to beggary”; NASB “starve”; NIV “when he destroys”; NRSV “shrivel.”
4 tn Heb “and all the coastlands of the nations will worship [or, “bow down”] to him, each from his own place.”
5 tn Heb “He”; the referent (the
6 tn Heb “he will stretch out his hand against the north.”
7 tn Or “dry.”
