Zephaniah 2:12

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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 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.