he will stretch out his hand] Because the destruction of Nineveh, and the Assyrian Empire, happened, as is thought, in the time of Jehoiachim, after Zephaniahs prophecies. See Nahums Prophecie. and destroy Assyria] Isaiah 10:5. 12. Ezekiel 31:3. Nahum 1. 8. and 2. 10. &3. 15.