46 Heb “He”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
47 Heb “he will stretch out his hand against the north.”
48 Or “dry.”

In other versions

And he will stretch out his hand against the north

and destroy Assyria,

and he will make Nineveh a desolation,

a dry waste like the desert.

He will stretch out his hand against the north

and destroy Assyria,

leaving Nineveh utterly desolate

and dry as the desert.

He will also stretch out his hand against the north

and destroy Assyria;

he will make Nineveh a desolate ruin,

dry as the desert.

And the Lord will strike the lands of the north with his fist,

destroying the land of Assyria.

He will make its great capital, Nineveh, a desolate wasteland,

parched like a desert.

And he will stretch out his hand against the north,

and he will destroy Assyria

and will make Nineveh a desolation,

a dry wasteland like the desert.

And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria;

And will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.

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