And He. See note on "For", Zephaniah 2:4.
stretch out His hand. Idiom for executing judgment.
the north: i.e. against Assyria, because although west of Canaan, the road and entrance was by the north.
Related Commentaries of Zephaniah 2:13
Zephaniah 2:13
13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.