1. Zephaniah 2:12 (ESV)
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Who were the “Cushites”?

Zephaniah 2:12 (ESV)

12 You also, O Cushites, shall be slain by my sword.

The Cushites were black Africans from ancient Ethiopia, located south of ancient Egypt, in modern-day Sudan and Ethiopia.

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