Zephaniah 2:12

2:12 “You ¹  Ethiopians ²  will also die by my sword!” ³ 

Zephaniah 2:10

2:10 This is how they will be repaid for their arrogance, ⁴ 

for they taunted and verbally harassed ⁵  the people of the Lord who commands armies.

Zephaniah 3:13

3:13 The Israelites who remain ⁶  will not act deceitfully.

They will not lie,

and a deceitful tongue will not be found in their mouth.

Indeed, they will graze peacefully like sheep ⁷  and lie down;

no one will terrify them.”

[2:12]  ¹ sn Though there is no formal introduction, these words are apparently spoken by the Lord (note my sword).

[2:12]  ² tn Heb “Cushites.” This is traditionally assumed to refer to people from the region south of Egypt, i.e., Nubia or northern Sudan, referred to as “Ethiopia” by classical authors (not the more recent Abyssinia).

[2:12]  ³ tn Heb “Also you Cushites, who lie dead by my sword.”

[2:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “this is for them in place of their arrogance.”

[2:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “made great [their mouth?] against” (cf. the last phrase of v. 8).

[3:13]  ⁷ tn Or “the remnant of Israel.”

[3:13]  ⁸ tn The words “peacefully like sheep” are supplied in the translation for clarification.