Zephaniah 2:12

Zephaniah 2:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You also, O Cushites, shall 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 is what they will get in return for their pride, for insulting and mocking the people of the Lord Almighty. 11The Lord will be awesome to them when he destroys all the gods of the earth. Distant nations will bow down to him, all of them in their own lands. “You Cushites, too, will be slain by my sword.” 13He will stretch out his hand against the north and destroy Assyria, leaving Nineveh utterly desolate and dry as the desert. 14Flocks and herds will lie down there, creatures of every kind. The desert owl and the screech owl will roost on her columns. Their hooting will echo through the windows, rubble will fill the doorways, the beams of cedar will be exposed.

Zephaniah 2:12 word by word

גַּם־אַתֶּ֣ם כּוּשִׁ֔ים חַֽלְלֵ֥י חַרְבִּ֖י הֵֽמָּה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ye Ethiopiansכּוּשִׁיkûshîy · EthiopianH3569
• also, yeהֵ֫מָּהhêm hêmmâh · they(masc.)H1992
• slainחָלָלchâlâl · slain: killedH2491
• by my swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719

Cross-references for Zephaniah 2:12

• Isaiah 18:1Woe to the land of whirring wings along the rivers of Cush,
• Isaiah 20:4so the king of Assyria will lead away stripped and barefoot the Egyptian captives and Cushite exiles, young and old, with buttocks bared—to Egypt’s shame.
• Isaiah 43:3For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your stead.
• Jeremiah 46:9Charge, you horses! Drive furiously, you charioteers! March on, you warriors—men of Cush and Put who carry shields, men of Lydia who draw the bow.
• Ezekiel 30:4A sword will come against Egypt, and anguish will come upon Cush. When the slain fall in Egypt, her wealth will be carried away and her foundations torn down.
• Psalms 17:13Rise up, Lord, confront them, bring them down; with your sword rescue me from the wicked.
• Isaiah 10:5“Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of my anger, in whose hand is the club of my wrath!
• Isaiah 13:5They come from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens— the Lord and the weapons of his wrath— to destroy the whole country.
• Jeremiah 47:6“ ‘Alas, sword of the Lord, how long till you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still.’
• Jeremiah 51:20“You are my war club, my weapon for battle— with you I shatter nations, 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