Zephaniah 2:15 meaning and explanation
This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.
Zephaniah 2:15, Berean Standard Bible
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The prophet Zephaniah pictures Nineveh, capital of the Assyrian empire, at the height of its confidence. The city says in her heart, "I am it, and there is none besides me," language the Bible elsewhere reserves for God alone.
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