Zephaniah 2:12 ““You too, O Cushites, will be slain by My sword.””

Zephaniah 2:12

“You too, O Cushites, will be slain by My sword.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

You Cushites also, you will be killed by my sword.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Ye Morians also shalbe slaine by my sword with them.

Darby Translation

Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be the slain of my sword.

Young's Literal Translation

Also ye, O Cushim, pierced of My sword [are] they.

Bible in Basic English

And you Ethiopians will be put to death by my sword.

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Cross references

“Ethiopians”

Ezekiel 30:4–9 Isaiah 18:1–7 Isaiah 43:3 Isaiah 20:4 Isaiah 20:5 Jeremiah 46:9

Ezekiel 30:4–9 · BSB

A sword will come against Egypt, and there will be anguish in Cush when the slain fall in Egypt, its wealth is taken away, and its foundations are torn down.

Isaiah 18:1–7 · BSB

Woe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush,

Isaiah 43:3 · BSB

For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.

Isaiah 20:4 · BSB

so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.

Isaiah 20:5 · BSB

Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.

Jeremiah 46:9 · BSB

Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth— Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow.

“my”

Isaiah 13:5 Jeremiah 51:20–23 Psalm 17:13 Isaiah 10:5 Jeremiah 47:6 Jeremiah 47:7

Isaiah 13:5 · BSB

They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens— the LORD and the weapons of His wrath— to destroy the whole country.

Jeremiah 51:20–23 · BSB

“You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin.

Psalm 17:13 · BSB

Arise, O LORD, confront them! Bring them to their knees; deliver me from the wicked by Your sword,

Isaiah 10:5 · BSB

Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.

Jeremiah 47:6 · BSB

‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’

Jeremiah 47:7 · BSB

How can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has appointed it against Ashkelon and the shore of its coastland.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11The LORD will be terrifying to them when He starves all the gods of the earth. Then the nations of every shore will bow in worship to Him, each in its own place.

13And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert.

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