Zephaniah 2:12
Also ye Ethiopians shall be those slain by my sword.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 10:5Woe over Asshur, the rod of my anger; and a staff is in their hand my indignation.
Isaiah 18:1Woe to the land with spreading wings, which is beyond the rivers of Cush,
Isaiah 20:4So shall the king of Assyria lead away the prisoners of Egypt, and the exiles of Cush, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with uncovered buttocks, to the disgrace of Egypt.
Isaiah 43:3For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour; I have given Egypt for thy ransom, Cush and Seba in place of thee.
Jeremiah 47:6Woe! thou sword of the Lord, how long yet wilt thou not be quiet? withdraw thyself into thy scabbard, take thee rest, and be still.
Ezekiel 30:4And the sword shall come into Egypt, and there shall be trembling in Ethiopia, when the slain fall in Egypt, and when they take away its multitude, and its foundations shall be broken down.
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 →