The creatures mentioned here also appear in Genesis 1. But the order here is inverted from the order of Genesis 1. In Genesis 1:20–27, the Lord’s creation follows the order of sea creatures, birds, beasts, and man; in Zephaniah 1:3 the order of destruction is man, beasts, birds, and sea creatures. Zephaniah’s inversion of the created order makes his a de-creation order.
It is also worth noting that both passages are comprehensive in their scope. Genesis 1 has an emphasis on all things being created (the word for all
occurs fourteen times). Likewise, there is a comprehensive scope of de-creation in Zephaniah 1:2–3, with its mention of the same word for “all" (Zephaniah 1:2).1
3 “I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea, and the rubble with the wicked. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.