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11 The Lord will be terrifying to them, when he will starve[a] all the gods of the earth. Then all the distant nations will bow down to him, each of them in their own country.

12 You Cushites,[b] you also will die by my sword.

13 Then he will stretch out his hand against the north and destroy Assyria. He will make Nineveh desolate, dry like the wilderness.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 2:11 The meaning of this term is uncertain.
  2. Zephaniah 2:12 Cush is the territory south of Egypt.

11 The Lord will be awesome(A) to them
    when he destroys all the gods(B) of the earth.(C)
Distant nations will bow down to him,(D)
    all of them in their own lands.

Cush

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

Assyria

13 He will stretch out his hand against the north
    and destroy Assyria,(G)
leaving Nineveh(H) utterly desolate
    and dry as the desert.(I)

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Footnotes

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