Cross references
Zephaniah 2:12
“You too, O Cushites,
will be slain by My sword.”
- a That is, people from the upper Nile region
Zephaniah 2:12 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ezekiel 30:4–9 (5 votes) and Isaiah 13:5 (3 votes). 11 other verses point back to it. It links with 5 other books, from Deuteronomy 32 to Ezekiel 36.
Which verses does Zephaniah 2:12 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Ezekiel 30:4–95 votes
A sword will come against Egypt, and there will be anguish in Cush when the slain fall in Egypt, its wealth is taken away, and its foundations are torn down. Cush, Put, and Lud, and all the various peoples, as well as Libya and the men of the covenant land, will fall with Egypt by the sword. …
- Isaiah 13:53 votes
They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens—the LORD and the weapons of His wrath—to destroy the whole country.
- Isaiah 18:1–73 votes
Woe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush, which sends couriers by sea, in papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people widely feared, to a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers. …
- Isaiah 20:4–53 votes
so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame. Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.
- Isaiah 43:33 votes
For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.
- Jeremiah 46:9–103 votes
Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth—Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow. For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.
- Jeremiah 51:20–233 votes
“You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin. With you I shatter the horse and rider; with you I shatter the chariot and driver. …
- Psalm 17:132 votes
Arise, O LORD, confront them! Bring them to their knees; deliver me from the wicked by Your sword,
- Isaiah 10:52 votes
Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.
- Jeremiah 47:6–72 votes
‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’ How can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has appointed it against Ashkelon and the shore of its coastland.”
Which verses point to Zephaniah 2:12?
The 10 strongest of 11.