Zephaniah 2:12
"Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword."

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

Ye Ethiopians also,.... Or, "as for ye Ethiopians also" (h); not the Ethiopians in Africa beyond Egypt, at a distance from the land of Israel, and the countries before mentioned; but the inhabitants of Arabia Chusea, or Ethiopia, which lay near to Moab

and Ammon; these should not escape, but suffer with their neighbours, who sometimes distressed the people of the Jews, and made war with them, being nigh them; see Ch2 14:9 , ye shall be slain by my sword; or, "the slain of my sword are they" (i); R. Japhet thinks here is a defect of the note of similitude "as", which should be supplied thus, "ye" are, or shall be, "the slain of my sword", as they; as the Moabites and Ammonites; that is, these Ethiopians should be slain as well as they by the sword of Nebuchadnezzar; which is called the sword of God, because he was an instrument in the hand of God for punishing the nations of the earth. This was fulfilled very probably when Egypt was subdued by Nebuchadnezzar, with whom Ethiopia was confederate, as well as near unto it, Jer 46:1 . The destruction of these by the Assyrians is predicted, Isa 20:4 . (h) "etiam ad vos Aethiopes quod attinet", Piscator. (i) "interfecti gladio meo ipsi", Montanus.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (6 words)

H1571 גַּם
Definition:

6וַתִּתֵּן גַּם לְאִישָׁהּand gavealsoto her husband,Genesis 3:27and takealsoof the tree of life,Genesis 7:3;Genesis 19:21;Genesis 24:19;Genesis 26:21;Genesis 29:27;Genesis 30:15;Genesis 32:21(גַּם הִ 6וַתִּתֵּן גַּם לְאִישָׁהּand gavealsoto her husband,Genesis 3:27and takealsoof the tree of life,Genesis 7:3;Genesis 19:21;Genesis 24:19;Genesis 26:21;Genesis 29:27;Genesis 30:15;Genesis 32:21(גַּם הִ

Possible Meanings:
  • moreover (semantic_range)
  • yea (semantic_range)
H0859 אַתָּה
Definition:

11,19 #NAME?אַתָּ1 Samuel 24:19;Psalm 6:4;Job 1:10;Ecclesiastes 7:22;Nehemiah 9:6. Appended to a verb for emphasis,Exodus 18:19(twice in verse);1 Samuel 17:56שְׁאַל אַתָּהinquirethou,1 Samuel 20:8;1 S 11,19 #NAME?אַתָּ1 Samuel 24:19;Psalm 6:4;Job 1:10;Ecclesiastes 7:22;Nehemiah 9:6. Appended to a verb for emphasis,Exodus 18:19(twice in verse);1 Samuel 17:56שְׁאַל אַתָּהinquirethou,1 Samuel 20:8;1 S

Possible Meanings:
  • come (semantic_range)
  • come (semantic_range)
  • bring (semantic_range)
  • be brought (semantic_range)
H3569 כּוּשִׁי
Definition:

2313t.; feminineכֻּשִׁיתNumbers 12:1(twice in verse); pluralכּוּשִׁיםZephaniah 2:126t.;כֻּשִֿׁיםDaniel 11:43;כֻּשִׁיִּיםAmos 9:7; —a.singular agreeing with nounNumbers 12:1(twice in verse) (E; only he 2313t.; feminineכֻּשִׁיתNumbers 12:1(twice in verse); pluralכּוּשִׁיםZephaniah 2:126t.;כֻּשִֿׁיםDaniel 11:43;כֻּשִׁיִּיםAmos 9:7; —a.singular agreeing with nounNumbers 12:1(twice in verse) (E; only he

Possible Meanings:
  • a Cushite (semantic_range)
  • the Cushite (semantic_range)
H2491 חָלָל
Definition:

Fromchalal; pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted -- kill, profane, slain (man), X slew, (deadly) wounded.see HEBREWchalalBrown-Driver-BriggsI.חָלָל90noun masculinepierced,׳חabsoluteDe Fromchalal; pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted -- kill, profane, slain (man), X slew, (deadly) wounded.see HEBREWchalalBrown-Driver-BriggsI.חָלָל90noun masculinepierced,׳חabsoluteDe

Possible Meanings:
  • profaned (semantic_range)
H2719 חֶרֶב
Definition:

15sword(as weapon; Aramaicחַרְבָּא,, Zinjirliחרב; Arabicdart, javelin) — absoluteחֶ֫רֶבGenesis 3:24+;חָ֑רֶבExodus 17:13+; constructחֶ֫רֶבDeuteronomy 33:29+; suffixחַרְבִּיExodus 15:913t.;חַרְבְּךָGene 15sword(as weapon; Aramaicחַרְבָּא,, Zinjirliחרב; Arabicdart, javelin) — absoluteחֶ֫רֶבGenesis 3:24+;חָ֑רֶבExodus 17:13+; constructחֶ֫רֶבDeuteronomy 33:29+; suffixחַרְבִּיExodus 15:913t.;חַרְבְּךָGene

Possible Meanings:
  • be waste (semantic_range)
H1992 הֵם
Definition:

Or (prolonged) hemmah {haym'-maw}; masculine plural fromhalak; they (only used when emphatic) -- it, like, X (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, X so, X such, their, them, these, t Or (prolonged) hemmah {haym'-maw}; masculine plural fromhalak; they (only used when emphatic) -- it, like, X (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, X so, X such, their, them, these, t

Possible Meanings:
  • of their moaning (semantic_range)
  • wailing (semantic_range)
  • wealth (semantic_range)

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