en_tn/zep/01/03.md

I will cut off man from the surface of the earth

"I will kill all people." This is a hyperbole, as in [Zephaniah 1:2] (./02.md).

men and animals

"people and animals"

the ruins

Possible meanings are 1) the piles of rubble that will remain after the judgment or 2) the idols that Yahweh destroyed.

cut off

Destroying is spoken of as if it were cutting something off from what it was a part of. Alternate translation: "destroy" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)