Isaiah 18:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Those Ethiopians are tall and their skin is smooth. They are feared all over the world, because they are strong and brutal. But at that time they will come from their land divided by rivers, and they will bring gifts to the LORD All-Powerful, who is worshipped on Mount Zion.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 32:23

People brought offerings to Jerusalem for the LORD and expensive gifts for Hezekiah, and from that day on, every nation on earth respected Hezekiah.

Psalm 68:32

Now sing praises to God! Every kingdom on earth, sing to the Lord!

Isaiah 16:1

Send lambs as gifts to the ruler of the land. Send them across the desert from Sela to Mount Zion.

Isaiah 18:2

Egypt sends messengers up the River Nile on ships made of reeds. Send them fast to Ethiopia, whose people are tall and have smooth skin. Their land is divided by rivers; they are strong and brutal, feared all over the world.

Isaiah 18:4

The LORD said to me, “I will calmly look down from my home above— as calmly as the sun at midday or clouds in the heat of harvest season.”

Isaiah 45:14

My people, I, the LORD, promise that the riches of Egypt and the treasures of Ethiopia will belong to you. You will force into slavery those tall people of Seba. They will bow down and say, “The only true God is with you; there are no other gods.”

Micah 4:13

Smash them to pieces, Zion! I'll let you be like a bull with iron horns and bronze hoofs. Crush those nations and bring their wealth to me, the LORD of the earth.

Habakkuk 1:7

How fearsome and frightening. Their only laws and rules are the ones they make up.

Zephaniah 3:10

From across the rivers of Ethiopia, my scattered people, my true worshippers, will bring offerings to me.

Malachi 1:11

From dawn until dusk my name is praised by every nation on this earth, as they burn incense and offer the proper sacrifices to me.

Matthew 2:11

When the men went into the house and saw the child with Mary, his mother, they knelt down and worshipped him. They took out their gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh and gave them to him.