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Zeph. 3:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

From beyond the rivers of Ethiopiag my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.

Psa. 68:31• ³¹Great ones shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall quickly stretch out her hands unto God. (Psa. 68:31)

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Isa. 18:1,7• ¹Ha! land shadowing with wings, which art beyond the rivers of Cush,
⁷In that time shall a present be brought unto Jehovah of hosts of a people scattered and ravaged,--and from a people terrible from their existence and thenceforth, a nation of continued waiting and of treading down, whose land the rivers have spoiled, … to the place of the name of Jehovah of hosts, the mount Zion. (Isa. 18:1,7)

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Psa. 68:31• ³¹Great ones shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall quickly stretch out her hands unto God. (Psa. 68:31)

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Psa. 72:8‑11• ⁸And he shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
⁹The dwellers in the desert shall bow before him, and his enemies shall lick the dust.
¹⁰The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render presents; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer tribute:
¹¹Yea, all kings shall bow down before him; all nations shall serve him. (Psa. 72:8‑11)

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Isa. 11:11• ¹¹And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to acquire the remnant of his people which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. (Isa. 11:11)

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Isa. 27:12‑13• ¹²And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah shall beat out from the flood of the river unto the torrent of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, ye children of Israel.
¹³And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown; and they shall come that were perishing in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and they shall worship Jehovah in the holy mountain at Jerusalem. (Isa. 27:12‑13)

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Isa. 49:20‑23• ²⁰The children of thy bereavement shall yet say in thine ears, The place is too narrow for me: make room for me, that I may dwell.
²¹And thou shalt say in thy heart, Who hath borne me these, seeing I had lost my children and was desolate, an exile, and driven about? and who hath brought up these? behold, I was left alone; these, where were they?
²²Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and set up my banner to the peoples; and they shall bring thy sons in their bosom, and thy daughters shall be carried upon the shoulder.
²³And kings shall be thy nursing-fathers, and their princesses thy nursing-mothers: they shall bow down to thee with the face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet. And thou shalt know that I am Jehovah; for they shall not be ashamed who wait on me. (Isa. 49:20‑23)

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Isa. 60:4‑12• ⁴Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons come from afar, and thy daughters are carried upon the side.
⁵Then thou shalt see, and shalt be brightened, and thy heart shall throb, and be enlarged; for the abundance of the sea shall be turned unto thee, the wealth of the nations shall come unto thee.
⁶A multitude of camels shall cover thee, young camels of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall publish the praises of Jehovah.
⁷All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall serve thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will beautify the house of my magnificence.
⁸Who are these that come flying as a cloud, and as doves to their dove-cotes?
⁹For the isles shall await me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from afar, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of Jehovah thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, for he hath glorified thee.
¹⁰And the sons of the alien shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee. For in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.
¹¹And thy gates shall stand open continually: (they shall not be shut day nor night,) that the wealth of the nations may be brought unto thee, and that their kings may be led to thee.
¹²For the nation and the kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; and those nations shall be utterly wasted. (Isa. 60:4‑12)

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Isa. 66:18‑21• ¹⁸And I,--their works and their thoughts are before me . … The time cometh for the gathering of all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
¹⁹And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow; to Tubal and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory: and they shall declare my glory among the nations.
²⁰And they shall bring all your brethren out of all the nations as an oblation unto Jehovah, upon horses, and in chariots, and in covered waggons, and upon mules, and upon dromedaries, to my holy mountain, to Jerusalem, saith Jehovah, as the children of Israel bring an oblation in a clean vessel into the house of Jehovah.
²¹And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith Jehovah. (Isa. 66:18‑21)

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Mal. 1:11• ¹¹For from the rising of the sun even unto its setting my name shall be great among the nations; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure oblation: for my name shall be great among the nations, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Mal. 1:11)

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Acts 8:27• ²⁷And he rose up and went. And lo, an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a man in power under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to worship at Jerusalem, (Acts 8:27)

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Acts 24:17• ¹⁷And after a lapse of many years I arrived, bringing alms to my nation, and offerings. (Acts 24:17)

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Rom. 11:11‑12• ¹¹I say then, Have they stumbled in order that they might fall? Far be the thought: but by their fall there is salvation to the nations to provoke them to jealousy.
¹²But if their fall be the world's wealth, and their loss the wealth of the nations, how much rather their fulness? (Rom. 11:11‑12)

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Rom. 15:16• ¹⁶for me to be minister of Christ Jesus to the nations, carrying on as a sacrificial service the message of glad tidings of God, in order that the offering up of the nations might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. (Rom. 15:16)

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1 Peter 1:1• ¹Peter, apostle of Jesus Christ, to the sojourners of the dispersion of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, (1 Peter 1:1)

• These suppliant worshippers are the Jews who return from beyond the rivers of Cush (the Nile and the Euphrates). (“Zephaniah 3” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

From beyond the rivers of Cush my suppliants, the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine oblation.