Zephaniah 2:12

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“Also ye, O Cushim, pierced of My sword <FI>are<Fi> they.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Zephaniah 2:12 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 17:13Arise, O LORD, confront them! Bring them to their knees; deliver me from the wicked by Your sword,
  2. Isaiah 10:5Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.
  3. Isaiah 13:5They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens— the LORD and the weapons of His wrath— to destroy the whole country.
  4. Isaiah 18:1Woe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush,
  5. Isaiah 20:3Then the LORD said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and omen against Egypt and Cush,
  6. Isaiah 20:4so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.
  7. Isaiah 20:5Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.
  8. 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 place.
  9. Jeremiah 46:9Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth— Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow.
  10. Jeremiah 47:6‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’
  11. Jeremiah 51:20“You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin.
  12. Ezekiel 30:4A sword will come against Egypt, and there will be anguish in Cush when the slain fall in Egypt, its wealth is taken away, and its foundations are torn down.
  13. Ezekiel 30:5Cush, Put, and Lud, and all the various peoples, as well as Libya and the men of the covenant land, will fall with Egypt by the sword.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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