Zephaniah 2:12
Strong's Lexicon
You too,
אַתֶּ֣ם (’at·tem)
Pronoun - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 859: 1) you (second pers. sing. masc.)

O Cushites,
כּוּשִׁ֔ים (kū·šîm)
Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3569: Cushi or Ethiopian = see Cushan 'their blackness' 1) one of the descendants of Cush the grandson of Noah through Ham and a member of that nation or people 2) one of Joab's couriers 3) (TWOT) Ethiopian

will
גַּם־ (gam-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 1571: 1) also, even, indeed, moreover, yea 1a) also, moreover (giving emphasis) 1b) neither, neither...nor (with negative) 1c) even (for stress) 1d) indeed, yea (introducing climax) 1e) also (of correspondence or retribution) 1f) but, yet, though (adversative) 1g) even, yea, yea though (with 'when' in hypothetical case) 2) (TWOT) again, alike

be slain
חַֽלְלֵ֥י (ḥal·lê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 2491: n m 1) slain, fatally wounded, pierced 1a) pierced, fatally wounded 1b) slain adj 2) (CLBL) profaned 2a) defiled, profaned (by divorce)

by My sword
חַרְבִּ֖י (ḥar·bî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2719: 1) sword, knife 1a) sword 1b) knife 1c) tools for cutting stone

הֵֽמָּה׃ (hêm·māh)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1992: 1) they, these, the same, who

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
“You too, O Cushites, will be slain by My sword.”

Young's Literal Translation
Also ye, O Cushim, pierced of My sword [are] they.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You Cushites will also be slain by My sword.

New American Standard Bible
"You also, O Ethiopians, will be slain by My sword."

King James Bible
Ye Ethiopians also, ye [shall be] slain by my sword.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
"You Cushites, too, will be slain by my sword."

New Living Translation
"You Ethiopians will also be slaughtered by my sword," says the LORD.

English Standard Version
You also, O Cushites, shall be slain by my sword.

New American Standard Bible
"You also, O Ethiopians, will be slain by My sword."

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You Cushites will also be slain by My sword.

International Standard Version
"Now as for you, Cush, you will surely be slain by my sword!

NET Bible
"You Ethiopians will also die by my sword!"

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
Also ye, O Cushim, pierced of My sword are they.
















Cross References
Isaiah 18:1
Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:

Isaiah 20:4
So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

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

Ezekiel 30:4
And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.

Ezekiel 30:24
And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.

Zephaniah 1:1
The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.

Zephaniah 2:11
The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.

Zephaniah 2:10
This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts.

Zephaniah 2:9
Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.

Zephaniah 2:13
And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.

Zephaniah 2:14
And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.
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