Zephaniah 2:12

Contemporary English Version 1995

People of Ethiopia, the sword of the Lord will slaughter you!

Cross References

Isaiah 43:3

I am the Lord, your God, the Holy One of Israel, the God who saves you. I gave up Egypt, Ethiopia, and the region of Seba in exchange for you.

Isaiah 13:5

From a distant land the Lord is coming fierce and furious— he brings his weapons to destroy the whole earth.

Isaiah 10:5

The Lord says: I am furious! And I will use the king of Assyria as a club

Psalm 17:13

Do something, Lord! Attack and defeat them. Take your sword and save me from those evil people.

Ezekiel 30:24

I will strengthen the power of Babylonia's king and give him my sword to use against Egypt. I will also make the wounded king of Egypt powerless, and he will moan in pain and die in front of the Babylonian king. Then everyone on earth will know that I am the Lord.

Isaiah 20:3

for three years. Then the Lord said: What Isaiah has done is a warning to Egypt and Ethiopia.