English Standard Version
Zephaniah 2:12
12You also, O Cushites, shall be slain by my sword.
Zephaniah 2:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.
- New International Version (NIV)“You Cushites, too, will be slain by my sword.”
- New King James Version (NKJV)“You Ethiopians also, You shall be slain by My sword.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)“You Ethiopians will also be slaughtered by my sword,” says the Lord.
Context of Zephaniah 2:12
10This shall be their lot in return for their pride, because they taunted and boasted against the people of the Lord of hosts. 11The Lord will be awesome against them; for he will famish all the gods of the earth, and to him shall bow down, each in its place, all the lands of the nations. You also, O Cushites, shall be slain by my sword. 13And he will stretch out his hand against the north and destroy Assyria, and he will make Nineveh a desolation, a dry waste like the desert. 14Herds shall lie down in her midst, all kinds of beasts; even the owl and the hedgehog shall lodge in her capitals; a voice shall hoot in the window; devastation will be on the threshold; for her cedar work will be laid bare.
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גַּם־אַתֶּ֣ם כּוּשִׁ֔ים חַֽלְלֵ֥י חַרְבִּ֖י הֵֽמָּה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Zephaniah 2:12
- Isaiah 18:1Ah, land of whirring wings that is beyond the rivers of Cush,
- Isaiah 20:4so shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptian captives and the Cushite exiles, both the young and the old, naked and barefoot, with buttocks uncovered, the nakedness of Egypt.
- Isaiah 43:3For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you.
- Jeremiah 46:9Advance, O horses, and rage, O chariots! Let the warriors go out: men of Cush and Put who handle the shield, men of Lud, skilled in handling the bow.
- Ezekiel 30:4A sword shall come upon Egypt, and anguish shall be in Cush, when the slain fall in Egypt, and her wealth is carried away, and her foundations are torn down.
- Psalms 17:13Arise, O Lord! Confront him, subdue him! Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword,
- Isaiah 10:5Woe to Assyria, the rod of my anger; the staff in their hands is my fury!
- Isaiah 13:5They come from a distant land, from the end of the heavens, the Lord and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
- Jeremiah 47:6Ah, sword of the Lord! How long till you are quiet? Put yourself into your scabbard; rest and be still!
- Jeremiah 51:20"You are my hammer and weapon of war: with you I break nations in pieces; with you I destroy kingdoms;
Commentaries on Zephaniah 2:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Ye Ethiopians also - Nebuchadnezzar subdued these. See Jeremiah 46:2, Jeremiah 46:9; Ezekiel 30:4, Ezekiel 30:10. See also on Amos 9:7; (note).Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-15Verses 4-15 Those are really in a woful condition who have the word of the Lord against them, for no word of his shall fall to the ground. God will restore his people to their rights, though long kept from them. It has been the common lot of God's people, in all ages, to be reproached and reviled. God shall be worshipped, not only by all Israel, and the strangers who join them, but by the heathen. Remote nations must be reckoned with for the wrongs done…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12Cushites: While the Hebrew term can refer to any nation or people along the southern edge of the known world of that time, here it refers specifically to the Ethiopian family of kings that ruled Egypt.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. Fulfilled when Nebuchadnezzar (God's sword, Is 10:5) conquered Egypt, with which Ethiopia was closely connected as its ally (Jr 46:2-9; Eze 30:5-9). Ye--literally, "They." The third person expresses estrangement; while doomed before God's tribunal in the second person, they are spoken of in the third as aliens from God.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Zephaniah 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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