Zephaniah 2:12
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You Ethiopians, also shall be slain with my sword.

Ethiopians.

Isaiah 18:1-7 Woe to the land, the winged cymbal, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, . . .

Isaiah 20:4,5 So shall the king of the Assyrians lead away the prisoners of Egypt, and the captivity of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and barefoot, with their buttocks uncovered to the shame of Egypt. . . .

Isaiah 43:3 For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I have given Egypt for thy atonement, Ethiopia and Saba for thee.

Jeremiah 46:9,10 Get ye up on horses, and glory in chariots, and let the valiant men come forth, the Ethiopians, and the Libyans that hold the shield, and the Lydians that take, and shoot arrows. . . .

Ezekiel 30:4-9 And the sword shall come upon Egypt: and there shall be dread in Ethiopia, when the wounded shall fall in Egypt, and the multitude thereof shall be taken away, and the foundations thereof shall be destroyed. . . .

my.

Psalm 17:13 Arise, O Lord, disappoint him and supplant him; deliver my soul from the wicked one; thy sword

Isaiah 10:5 Woe to the Assyrian, he is the rod and the staff of my anger, and my indignation is in their hands.

Isaiah 13:5 To them that come from a country afar off, from the end of heaven: the Lord and the instruments of his wrath, to destroy the whole land.

Jeremiah 47:6,7 O thou sword of the Lord, how long wilt thou not be quiet? Go into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. . . .

Jeremiah 51:20-23 Thou dashest together for me the weapons of war, and with thee I will dash nations together, and with thee I will destroy kingdoms: . . .

Context
The Judgment on Cush and Assyria
12You Ethiopians, also shall be slain with my sword.13And he will stretch out his hand upon the north, and will destroy Assyria: and he will make the beautiful city a wilderness, and as a place not passable, and as a desert.…
Cross References
Isaiah 18:1
Woe to the land, the winged cymbal, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,

Isaiah 20:4
So shall the king of the Assyrians lead away the prisoners of Egypt, and the captivity of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and barefoot, with their buttocks uncovered to the shame of Egypt.

Isaiah 20:5
And they shall be afraid, and ashamed of Ethiopia their hope, and of Egypt their glory.

Ezekiel 30:4
And the sword shall come upon Egypt: and there shall be dread in Ethiopia, when the wounded shall fall in Egypt, and the multitude thereof shall be taken away, and the foundations thereof shall be destroyed.

Ezekiel 30:24
And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and will put my sword in his hand: and I will break the arms of Pharao, and they shall groan bitterly being slain before his face.

Lexicon
You too,
אַתֶּ֣ם (’at·tem)
Pronoun - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

O Cushites,
כּוּשִׁ֔ים (kū·šîm)
Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3569: Cushite -- descendant of Cush

will
גַּם־ (gam-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

be slain
חַֽלְלֵ֥י (ḥal·lê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 2491: Pierced, polluted

by My sword.
חַרְבִּ֖י (ḥar·bî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword


Additional Translations
You too, O Cushites, will be slain by My sword.You Ethiopians also, you shall be slain by my sword.

Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.

Ye Ethiopians also are the slain of my sword.

Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be the slain of my sword.

Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.

Ye Cushites also, ye shall be slain by my sword.

You Cushites also, you will be killed by my sword.

Also ye, O Cushim, pierced of My sword are they.
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