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10 This is what they will get for their sinful pride,
    because they insulted the people who belong to Yahweh Tsebaoth
        and made themselves greater than them.
11 Yahweh will terrify them,
    because he will make all the gods of the earth waste away.
    So every person from every coast and nation will bow to him.

12 “Even you, the people from Sudan,
    you will also die by my sword.”

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10 This is what they will get in return for their pride,(A)
    for insulting(B) and mocking
    the people of the Lord Almighty.(C)
11 The Lord will be awesome(D) to them
    when he destroys all the gods(E) of the earth.(F)
Distant nations will bow down to him,(G)
    all of them in their own lands.

Cush

12 “You Cushites,[a](H) too,
    will be slain by my sword.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 2:12 That is, people from the upper Nile region