Zephaniah 2:12

Ye Morians also shall perishe with my sworde.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.

In Context

11The Lord shalbe terrible vnto them, and destroy all the gods in the lande: and all the Iles of the Heathen shall worship hym, euery man in his place.

13Yea he shall stretch out his hande ouer the north, and destroy Assur: As for Niniue he shall make it desolate, drye, and waste.

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Cross References

Isaiah 10:5O Assur whiche art the staffe of my wrath, in whose hand is the rod of mine indignation.

Isaiah 18:1O that lande that trusteth vnder the shadow of wynges, [that lande] which is beyonde the waters of Ethiopia,

Isaiah 20:4Euen so shall the kyng of Assyria take away out of Egypt and Ethiopia, children and olde men naked and barefoote, with their loynes vncouered, to the great shame of Egypt.

Isaiah 43:3For I am the Lord thy God, the holye one of Israel thy sauiour: I gaue Egypt for thy deliueraunce, the Ethiopians and the Sabees for thee:

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 →

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