InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
Zep 2 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V14 V15
OET-LV And_he_will_stretch_out his/its_hand on the_north and_he_will_destroy DOM ʼAshshūr and_he_will_make DOM Nīnəvēh (into)_a_waste a_dry_region like_wilderness.
OET (OET-RV) ⇔ Yahweh will punish those in the north.
⇔ Yes, he’ll destroy Ashur (Assyria).
⇔ ≈ He’ll turn Nineveh into ruins—
⇔ it’ll become a dry place like the desert.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
וְיֵ֤ט יָדוֹ֙ עַל־צָפ֔וֹן וִֽיאַבֵּ֖ד אֶת־אַשּׁ֑וּר
and,he_will_stretch_out his/its=hand on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in north (Some words not found in UHB: and,he_will_stretch_out his/its=hand on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in north and,he_will_destroy DOM ʼAshshūr and,he_will_make DOM Nīnəvēh (into)_a,waste dry like,wilderness )
These two phrases mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. You may wish to include both phrases in your translation, but it may be clearer in your language to connect the phrases with a word other than and in order to show that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: [And he will stretch out his hand against the north; yes, he will destroy Assyria]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
וְיֵ֤ט יָדוֹ֙
and,he_will_stretch_out his/its=hand
See how you translated the expression “I will stretch out my hand” in 1:4. Alternate translation: [And he will use his power]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
צָפ֔וֹן
north
Zephaniah is using the term north by association to mean the empire that was located to the north of Judah, Assyria, as he indicates later in a parallel phrase. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the empire that is north of here]
OET-LV And_he_will_stretch_out his/its_hand on the_north and_he_will_destroy DOM ʼAshshūr and_he_will_make DOM Nīnəvēh (into)_a_waste a_dry_region like_wilderness.
OET (OET-RV) ⇔ Yahweh will punish those in the north.
⇔ Yes, he’ll destroy Ashur (Assyria).
⇔ ≈ He’ll turn Nineveh into ruins—
⇔ it’ll become a dry place like the desert.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.