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10 This they[a] will have in lieu of their pride,
    because they have insulted and mocked the people of the Lord of the Heavenly Armies.
11 The Lord will incite them to terror,
    because he will cause all the gods of the earth to waste away.
They will worship him,
    every person in his own home,
        including even the coastlands of the nations.”

The Lord’s Rebuke to Cush and Nineveh

12 “Now as for you, Cush,[b]
    you[c] will surely be slain by my sword!

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 2:10 I.e. the people of Edom and Moab
  2. Zephaniah 2:12 I.e. Sudan, Ethiopia, or southern Iraq
  3. Zephaniah 2:12 Lit. they

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