Zephaniah 2:12

New American Bible - revised edition

You too, O Cushites, shall be slain by the sword of the Lord.

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For I, the Lord, am your God, the Holy One of Israel, your savior. I give Egypt as ransom for you, Ethiopia and Seba in exchange for you.

They come from a far-off country, and from the end of the heavens, The Lord and the instruments of his wrath, to destroy all the land.

Ah! Assyria, the rod of my wrath, the staff I wield in anger.

Rise, O Lord, confront and cast them down; rescue my soul from the wicked.

I will, however, strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put my sword in his hand so he can bring it against Egypt for plunder and pillage.

Then the Lord said: Just as my servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and portent against Egypt and Ethiopia,