Zephaniah 2:11-13

Good News Translation

¹¹The Lord will terrify them. He will reduce the gods of the earth to nothing, and then every nation will worship him, each in its own land.

¹²^(A)The Lord will also put the people of Ethiopia^[a] to death.

¹³^(B)The Lord will use his power to destroy Assyria. He will make the city of Nineveh a deserted ruin, a waterless desert.

Zephaniah 2:12 Hebrew Cush: Cush is the ancient name of the extensive territory south of the First Cataract of the Nile River. This region was called Ethiopia in Graeco-Roman times, and included within its borders most of modern Sudan and some of present-day Ethiopia (Abyssinia).