Zephaniah 2:12

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

Ye Ethiopians {H3569} also, ye {H1992} shall be slain {H2491} by my sword {H2719}.

"You too, Ethiopians, will be put to death by my sword."

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

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

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Ezekiel 30:4 (5 votes)

    And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.

  • Ezekiel 30:9 (5 votes)

    In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.

  • Isaiah 18:1 (3 votes)

    ¶ Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which [is] beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:

  • Isaiah 18:7 (3 votes)

    In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion.

  • Isaiah 20:4 (3 votes)

    So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with [their] buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

  • Isaiah 20:5 (3 votes)

    And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

  • Jeremiah 46:9 (3 votes)

    Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle [and] bend the bow.