Zephaniah 2:12
Even so, you Ethiopians, you will be executed by my sword.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 10:5Woe to Assur! He is the rod and the staff of my fury, and my indignation is in their hands.
Isaiah 18:1Woe to the land, that winged cymbal, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,
Isaiah 20:4so also will the king of the Assyrians force the captivity of Egypt, and the transmigration of Ethiopia: young and old, naked and barefoot, with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
Isaiah 43:3For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I have presented Egypt as your atonement, Ethiopia and Seba on your behalf.
Jeremiah 47:6O sharp sword of the Lord, how long will you be without rest? Enter your sheath; be refreshed and silenced.
Ezekiel 30:4And the sword will come to Egypt. And there will be dread in Ethiopia, when the wounded will have fallen in Egypt, and its multitude will have been taken away, and its foundations will have been destroyed.
Matthew Henry on Zephaniah 2:9-12
The Punishment of Various Nations. ( b. c. 612.) 8 I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border. 9 Therefore as I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and salt-pits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.… Read the whole commentary →