Zephaniah 2:12

“Also you, O Cushim, they [are] pierced of My sword.”

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

11Fearful [is] YHWH against them, || For He made all gods of the land bare, || And all islanders of the nations bow themselves to Him, || Each from his place.

13And He stretches His hand against the north, || And destroys Asshur, || And He sets Nineveh for a desolation, || A dry land like a wilderness.

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Cross References

Isaiah 10:5“Woe [to] Asshur, a rod of My anger, || And My indignation [is] a staff in their hand.

Isaiah 18:1Behold, land shadowed [with] wings, || That [is] beyond the rivers of Cush,

Isaiah 20:4so the king of Asshur leads the captivity of Egypt, and the expulsion of Cush, young and old, naked and barefoot, with seat uncovered—the nakedness of Egypt;

Isaiah 43:3For I—your God YHWH, || The Holy One of Israel, your Savior, || I have appointed Egypt your atonement, || Cush and Seba in your stead.

Jeremiah 47:6Behold, sword of YHWH, until when are you not quiet? Be removed to your sheath, rest and cease.

Ezekiel 30:4And a sword has come into Egypt, || And there has been great pain in Cush, || In the falling of the wounded in Egypt, || And they have taken its store, || And its foundations have been 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 →

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