Zephaniah 2:12

Judgment on Cush and Assyria · Zephaniah 2:12–15
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Translations

Modern
“You too, O Cushites, will be slain by My sword.”
Traditional
Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.
Literal
“Also you, O Cushites—they will be slain by My sword.”
Latin
Sed et vos, Æthiopes, interfecti gladio meo eritis.

Original

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

Notes

Cushites: 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.

Zephaniah started his messages with the Philistines, whose kingdom was west of Judah (Zephaniah 2:4–7). He then addressed Moab and Ammon to the east (Zephaniah 2:8–11), and finally mentioned Cush (Ethiopia) to the south (2:12) and Assyria to the north (2:13–15).

Events

Places

Cush: Ancient region in Africa; associated with Egypt and Babylon

Glossary

Book of Zephaniah Ethiopia

Topics

Ethiopia: Desolation of