Zephaniah 2:12 (GNV)

Passage

Ye Morians also shalbe slaine by my sword with them.

Nearby Context

Zephaniah 2:10 This shall they haue for their pride, because they haue reproched and magnified themselues against the Lord of hostes people.

Zephaniah 2:11 The Lord will be terrible vnto them: for he wil consume all the gods of the earth, and euery man shall worship him from his place, euen all the yles of the heathen.

Zephaniah 2:12 Ye Morians also shalbe slaine by my sword with them.

Zephaniah 2:13 And he wil stretch out his hand against the North, and destroy Asshur, and will make Nineueh desolate, and waste like a wildernesse.

Zephaniah 2:14 And flockes shall lie in the middes of her, and all the beastes of the nations, and the pelicane, and the owle shall abide in the vpper postes of it: the voyce of birdes shall sing in the windowes, and desolations shalbe vpon the postes: for the cedars are vncouered.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "morians", "shalbe", "slaine", and "sword". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "morians" and "shalbe", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "The Lord will be terrible vnto them..." into verse 13's "And he wil stretch out his hand...", so "morians" and "shalbe" belong inside that flow. In Zephaniah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "morians" and "shalbe" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.