12. Fulfilled when Nebuchadnezzar (God's sword,
Isa 10:5)
conquered Egypt, with which Ethiopia was closely connected as its ally
(Jer 46:2-9;
Eze 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.
JFB.
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