As foretold in Zephaniah’s prophecy, though, Assyria was to be destroyed and its capital city, Nineveh, would become “a desolate waste. ” ​ — Zephaniah 2: 13.
Ent nagu Sefanja prohvetiennustuses öeldi, pidi Assüüria riik hävima ja selle pealinn Niinive jääma „lagedaks ”.