Zephaniah 2:12

Ethiopians] lit. 'Cushites,' i.e. the Egyptians who at this time were ruled by Ethiopian rulers. Ethiopia was the part of Egypt S. of the first cataract of the Nile.

13-15. Assyria with its capital city, Nineveh, will also be destroyed. The cormorant and the bittern] RV 'the pelican and the porcupine' (i.e. the hedgehog), both of them being signs of desolation, as they avoid the presence of man: cp. Isaiah 34:11. Upper lintels] RV 'chapiters,' i.e. the capitals of the pillars, now lying with the other stones in heaps on the ground as they have fallen. Their voice shall sing] better, 'the little owl shall sing,' as many scholars read. For desolation read 'the raven.'

For he shall uncover] RV 'for he hath laid bare.'