Zephaniah 2:11-13
New International Version
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
Assyria
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 2:12 That is, people from the upper Nile region
Zephaniah 2:11-13
King James Version
11 The Lord will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.
12 Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.
13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.
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Zephaniah 2:11-13
New King James Version
11 The Lord will be awesome to them,
For He will reduce to nothing all the gods of the earth;
(A)People shall worship Him,
Each one from his place,
Indeed all (B)the shores of the nations.
13 And He will stretch out His hand against the north,
(E)Destroy Assyria,
And make Nineveh a desolation,
As dry as the wilderness.
Zephaniah 2:11-13
English Standard Version
11 The Lord will be awesome against them;
(A)for he will famish all the gods of the earth,
and (B)to him shall bow down,
each in its place,
all (C)the lands of the nations.
12 (D)You also, O Cushites,
shall be slain by my sword.
13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north
(E)and destroy Assyria,
and he (F)will make Nineveh a desolation,
a dry waste like the desert.
Zephaniah 2:11-13
New American Standard Bible
11 The Lord will be (A)terrifying to them, for He will [a]starve (B)all the gods of the earth; and all the (C)coastlands of the nations will (D)bow down to Him, everyone from his own place.
12 “You also, (E)Ethiopians, will be slain by My sword.”
13 And He will (F)stretch out His hand against the north
And eliminate (G)Assyria,
And He will make (H)Nineveh a desolation,
Parched like the wilderness.
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 2:11 Lit allow to dwindle
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