Zephaniah 2:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““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 DomainASVPD
“Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Also ye, O Cushim, pierced of My sword <FI>are<Fi> they.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Zephaniah 2:12 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 17:13Arise, O LORD, confront them! Bring them to their knees; deliver me from the wicked by Your sword,
- Isaiah 10:5Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.
- 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.
- Isaiah 18:1Woe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush,
- 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,
- 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.
- Isaiah 20:5Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.
- 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.
- 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.
- Jeremiah 47:6‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until 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 bring kingdoms to ruin.
- 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.
- 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.
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