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Cush
Region mentioned in 19 verses of the Bible, most often in Isaiah.
Where it appears
Isaiah (8), Ezekiel (5), Psalms (2), 2 Kings (1), Jeremiah (1), Nahum (1), Zephaniah (1)
Key verses
- 2 Kings 19:9 first mention — And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,
- Psalms 68:31 — Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
- Psalms 87:4 — I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.
- Isaiah 11:11 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover 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.
- Isaiah 18:1 — Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:
- Isaiah 20:4 — So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
- Isaiah 20:5 — And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
- Isaiah 43:3 — For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
- Isaiah 45:14 — Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.
- Jeremiah 46:9 — Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.
- Ezekiel 30:9 — In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.
- Zephaniah 3:10 — From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.
Nearby places
- Ethiopia 0 km
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