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10 This is what Moab and Ammon get for being proud,
    because they insulted and made fun of the people of the Lord All-Powerful.
11 The Lord will frighten them,
    because he will destroy all the gods of the earth.
Then everyone in faraway places
    will worship him wherever they are.

Cush and Assyria Will Be Destroyed

12 “You Cushites also
    will be killed 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