Zephaniah 2:13

Zephaniah also prophesied the destruction of Assyria to Judah’s north (really northeast) and her capital Nineveh (cf. Isaiah 14:24-27; Nah.). Since Nineveh fell to the combined forces of Babylonia, Media, and Scythia in 612 B.C. Zephaniah must have uttered this prophecy before that date. The Lord would make Nineveh a parched desolation (cf. Nahum 3). Until her fall Nineveh had much water surrounding and circulating through it, but in the future she would be dry (cf. Nahum 1:8; Nahum 2:6; Nahum 2:8).

"Nineveh is part of Scripture’s early-warning system." [Note: Motyer, p. 937.]