KJV King James Version
Ye Ethiopians also, ye [shall be] slain by my sword.
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Zephaniah 2:12
Ye Ethiopians also, ye [shall be] slain by my sword.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“You too, O Cushites, will be slain by My sword.”
WEB World English Bible
You Cushites also, you will be killed by my sword.
ASV American Standard Version
Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Also ye, O Cushim, pierced of My sword are they.
Surrounding context — Zephaniah 2
9 Therefore [as] I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, [even] the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
10 This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified [themselves] against the people of the LORD of hosts.
11 The LORD [will be] terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and [men] shall worship him, every one from his place, [even] all the isles of the heathen.
12 Ye Ethiopians also, ye [shall be] slain by my sword.
13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, [and] dry like a wilderness.
14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; [their] voice shall sing in the windows; desolation [shall be] in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.
15 This [is] the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I [am], and [there is] none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, [and] wag his hand.
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Ezekiel 30:4-9And 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.Jeremiah 46:9-10Come 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.Isaiah 13:5They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, [even] the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.Isaiah 18:1-7Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which [is] beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:Jeremiah 51:20-23Thou [art] my battle axe [and] weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;Isaiah 20:4-5So 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 43:3For I [am] the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt [for] thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.Jeremiah 47:6-7O thou sword of the LORD, how long [will it be] ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.Psalm 17:13Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, [which is] thy sword:Isaiah 10:5O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
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