Zephaniah 2:12

Threat against Ethiopia

Ethiopia or Cush was the country lying south of Egypt. Stretching from Syene (Assouan) southward, it corresponded to Nubia and the modern Soudan. Its capital is supposed to have lain near the 4th Cataract, on the great western bend of the Nile, about midway between Abu Hamed and Old Donkola.

yeshall be slain lit. are the slain of my sword, Isaiah 66:16. Comp. Jeremiah 25:33. The words are a prediction.