King James Version
Zephaniah 2:12 in the King James Version says “Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.” — study this verse from Zephaniah chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.”
Zephaniah 2:12 · KJV
This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts.
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. famish: Heb. make lean
Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.
And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.
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. cormorant: or, pelican upper: or, knops, or, chapiters for: or, when he hath uncovered
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
“by my sword”
H2719drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
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