Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Zephaniah 2:12

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12. Fulfilled when Nebuchadnezzar (God's sword, :- ) conquered Egypt, with which Ethiopia was closely connected as its ally ( Jeremiah 46:2-9 ; Ezekiel 30:5-9 ). Ye —literally, "They." The third person expresses estrangement; while doomed before God's tribunal in the second person, they are spoken of in the third as aliens from God. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-13" class="com-number"