Zephaniah 2:12 References

12 "You also, O aEthiopians, will be slain by My sword."

a Isaiah 18:1-7, Isaiah 20:4, Isaiah 20:5, Ezekiel 30:4-9

Isaiah 18

1 Alas, oh land of whirring wings Which lies beyond the rivers of aCush,
2 Which sends envoys by the sea, Even in apapyrus vessels on the surface of the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a nation btall and smooth, To a people cfeared far and wide, A powerful and oppressive nation Whose land the rivers divide.
3 aAll you inhabitants of the world and dwellers on earth, As soon as a standard is raised on the mountains, byou will see it, And as soon as the trumpet is blown, you will hear it.
4 For thus the Lord has told me, "I will look from My adwelling place quietly Like dazzling heat in the bsunshine, Like a cloud of cdew in the heat of harvest."
5 For abefore the harvest, as soon as the bud blossoms And the flower becomes a ripening grape, Then He will cut off the sprigs with pruning knives And remove and cut away the spreading branches.
6 They will be left together for mountain birds aof prey, And for the beasts of the earth; And the birds of prey will spend the summer feeding on them, And all the beasts of the earth will spend harvest time on them.
7 At that time a gift of homage will be brought to the Lord of hosts From a apeople tall and smooth, Even from a people feared far and wide, A powerful and oppressive nation, Whose land the rivers divide-- To the bplace of the name of the Lord of hosts, even Mount Zion.

Isaiah 20

4 so the aking of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, byoung and old, naked and barefoot with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

Isaiah 20

5 "Then they will be adismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and Egypt their bboast.

Ezekiel 30

4 "A sword will come upon Egypt, And anguish will be in Ethiopia; When the slain fall in Egypt, They atake away her wealth, And her foundations are torn down.
5 "Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all aArabia, Libya and the people of the land that is in league will fall with them by the sword."
6 'Thus says the Lord, "Indeed, those who support aEgypt will fall And the pride of her power will come down; From Migdol to Syene They will fall within her by the sword," Declares the Lord GOD.
7 "They will be desolate In the amidst of the desolated lands; And her cities will be In the midst of the devastated cities.
8 "And they will aknow that I am the Lord, When I set a bfire in Egypt And all her helpers are broken.
9 "On that day amessengers will go forth from Me in ships to frighten bsecure Ethiopia; and canguish will be on them as on the day of Egypt; for behold, it comes!"