31 Ambassadors will come[a] from Egypt;
Cush will stretch out its hands[b] to God.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 68:31 Or They bring red cloth, or They bring bronze
  2. Psalm 68:31 Probably with tribute or in submission

31 Envoys will come from Egypt;(A)
    Cush[a](B) will submit herself to God.

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  1. Psalm 68:31 That is, the upper Nile region

“I will mention those who know Me:
Rahab, Babylon, Philistia, Tyre, and Cush—
each one was born there.”(A)

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“I will record Rahab[a](A) and Babylon
    among those who acknowledge me—
Philistia(B) too, and Tyre(C), along with Cush[b]
    and will say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’”[c](D)

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  1. Psalm 87:4 A poetic name for Egypt
  2. Psalm 87:4 That is, the upper Nile region
  3. Psalm 87:4 Or “I will record concerning those who acknowledge me: / ‘This one was born in Zion.’ / Hear this, Rahab and Babylon, / and you too, Philistia, Tyre and Cush.”

No foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord
should say,
“The Lord will exclude me from His people”;(A)
and the eunuch should not say,
“Look, I am a dried-up tree.”(B)

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Let no foreigner(A) who is bound to the Lord say,
    “The Lord will surely exclude me from his people.”(B)
And let no eunuch(C) complain,
    “I am only a dry tree.”

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10 From beyond the rivers of Cush(A)
My supplicants, My dispersed people,
will bring an offering to Me.

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10 From beyond the rivers of Cush[a](A)
    my worshipers, my scattered people,
    will bring me offerings.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 3:10 That is, the upper Nile region