Zephaniah 2:12
Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.
KJV
Sed et vos, Æthiopes, interfecti gladio meo eritis.
Vulgate
⸂⸆⸃ Καὶ ὑμεῖς, Αἰθίοπες, τραυματίαι ῥομφαίας μού ἐστε·
LXX
Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.
ASV
גַּם אַתֶּ֣ם כּוּשִׁ֔ים חַֽלְלֵ֥י חַרְבִּ֖/י הֵֽמָּה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
חֶ֖רֶב
chrb
noun · 409×
חַלְלֵי
chlly
adjective · 92×
כּוּשִׁ֗י
kvshy
noun · 23×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Ezek 21:3 — And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.
- Ezek 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.
- Ezek 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.
- Isa 13:5 — They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
- Isa 18:1 — Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:
- Isa 18:1 — Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:
- Isa 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.
- Isa 43:3 — For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
- Jer 46:9 — Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.
- Jer 51:20 — Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;