Tree of Life Version
Zephaniah 2:12
12You Ethiopians too will 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.”
- 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.”
Context of Zephaniah 2:12
10This is what they will get for their pride, for they have taunted and expanded against the people of Adonai-Tzva’ot. 11Adonai will be fearsome against them. For all the gods of the earth He will make waste away. To Him will bow, each from its place, the islands of the nations. You Ethiopians too will be slain by My sword. 13He will stretch out his hand against the north and devastate Assyria and make Nineveh as a wasteland— dry as a desert. 14Flocks will lie down in her midst, all kinds of beasts— both the little owl and the great owl will lodge in her pillars. A voice will hoot in the window. Ruin will be in the doorway, for the cedar beams will be exposed.
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גַּם־אַתֶּ֣ם כּוּשִׁ֔ים חַֽלְלֵ֥י חַרְבִּ֖י הֵֽמָּה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Zephaniah 2:12
- Isaiah 18:1Oy ! The land of whirring wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,
- Isaiah 20:4so will the king of Assyria lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and barefoot, with their buttocks uncovered, to Egypt’s shame.
- Isaiah 43:3For I am Adonai your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I have given Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place.
- Jeremiah 46:9Prance, you horses, and rush madly, you chariots. Let the warriors go out— Cush and Put grasping the shield, Lydians grasping and bending the bow!
- Ezekiel 30:4A sword will come against Egypt. Anguish will be in Ethiopia when the slain fall in Egypt. They will take away her abundance. Her foundations will be torn down.
- Psalms 17:13Arise, Adonai! Confront him! Make him bow down! Deliver my soul from the wicked with Your sword,
- Isaiah 10:5Oy to Assyria, the rod of My anger— the club in their hand is My indignation!
- Isaiah 13:5They are coming from a far country— from the end of the heavens— Adonai and the weapons of His wrath, to destroy the whole land.
- Jeremiah 47:6O sword of Adonai, how long until you are quiet? Go back into your sheath, rest and be still.
- Jeremiah 51:20“You are My club, a war weapon— 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
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