Psalm 87:4 {86:4}
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I will be mindful of Rahab and of Babylon knowing me. Behold the foreigners, and Tyre, and the people of the Ethiopians, these were there.

Acts 8:27
And rising up, he went. And behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch, of great authority under Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who had charge over all her treasures, had come to Jerusalem to adore.

Job 9:13
God, whose wrath no man can resist, and under whom they stoop that bear up the world.

Psalm 45:12
And the daughters of Tyre with gifts, yea, all the rich among the people, shall entreat thy countenance.

Psalm 68:31
Ambassadors shall come out of Egypt: Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands to God.

Psalm 89:10
Thou hast humbled the proud one, as one that is slain: with the arm of thy strength thou hast scattered thy enemies.

Isaiah 19:23
In that day there shall be a way from Egypt to the Assyrians, and the Assyrian shall enter into Egypt, and the Egyptian to the Assyrians, and the Egyptians shall serve the Assyrian.

Isaiah 30:7
For Egypt shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this: It is pride only, sit still.

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I will be mindful of Rahab and of Babylon knowing me. Behold the foreigners, and Tyre, and the people of the Ethiopians, these were there.

Rahab

Psalm 89:10 Thou hast humbled the proud one, as one that is slain: with the arm of thy strength thou hast scattered thy enemies.

Isaiah 51:9 Arise, arise, put on strength, O thou arm of the Lord, arise as in the days of old, in the ancient generations. Hast not thou struck the proud one, and wounded the dragon?

Babylon

Psalm 137:1,8,9 Upon the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept: when we remembered Sion: . . .

2 Kings 20:17,18 Behold the days shall come, that all that is in thy house, and that thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the Lord. . . .

Isaiah 13:1 The burden of Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amos saw.

Isaiah 14:4-6 Thou shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and shalt say: How is the oppressor come to nothing, the tribute hath ceased? . . .

Jeremiah 25:9 Behold I will send, and take all the kindreds of the north, saith the Lord, and Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon my servant: and I will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all the nations that are round about it: and I will destroy them, and make them an astonishment and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.

Jeremiah 50:1 The word that the Lord hath spoken against Babylon, and against the land of the Chaldeans in the hand of Jeremiah the prophet.

Jeremiah 51:1 Thus saith the Lord: Behold I will raise up as it were a pestilential wind against Babylon and against the inhabitants thereof, who have lifted up their heart against me.

Daniel 2:47,48 And the king spoke to Daniel, and said: Verily, your God is the God of gods, and Lord of kings, and a revealer of hidden things: seeing thou couldst discover this secret. . . .

Daniel 4:30 The same hour the word was fulfilled upon Nabuchodonosor, and he was driven away from among men, and did eat grass, like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven: till his hairs grew like the feathers of eagles, and his nails like birds' claws.

Revelation 17:5 And on her forehead a name was written: A mystery: Babylon the great, the mother of the fornications and the abominations of the earth.

Revelation 18:2 And he cried out with a strong voice, saying: Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen: and is become the habitation of devils and the hold of every unclean spirit and the hold of every unclean and hateful bird:

Tyre

Psalm 45:12 And the daughters of Tyre with gifts, yea, all the rich among the people, shall entreat thy countenance.

Isaiah 23:1 The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of the sea, for the house is destroyed, from whence they were wont to come: from the land of Cethim it is revealed to them.

Ezekiel 27:1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

Ezekiel 28:1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

Ethiopia

1 Kings 10:1 And the queen of Saba having heard of the fame of Solomon in the name of the Lord, came to try him with hard questions.

Acts 8:27 And rising up, he went. And behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch, of great authority under Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who had charge over all her treasures, had come to Jerusalem to adore.

this man

Psalm 68:31 Ambassadors shall come out of Egypt: Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands to God.

1 Samuel 17:8 And standing, he cried out to the bands of Israel, and said to them: Why are you come out prepared to fight? am not I a Philistine, and you the servants of Saul? Choose out a man of you, and let him come down and fight hand to hand.

2 Samuel 21:16-22 Jesbibenob, who was of the race of Arapha, the iron of whose spear weighed three hundred ounces, being girded with a new sword, attempted to kill David. . . .

Isaiah 19:11,23-25 The princes of Tanis are become fools, the wise counsellors of Pharao have given foolish counsel: how will you say to Pharao: I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings? . . .

Ezekiel 28:2 Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre: Thus saith the Lord God: Because thy heart is lifted up, and thou hast said: I am God, and I sit in the chair of God in the heart of the sea: whereas thou art a man, and not God: and hast set thy heart as if it were the heart of God.

Context
The LORD Loves the Gates of Zion
3Glorious things are said of thee, O city of God. 4I will be mindful of Rahab and of Babylon knowing me. Behold the foreigners, and Tyre, and the people of the Ethiopians, these were there.5Shall not Sion say: This man and that man is born in her? and the Highest himself hath founded her.…
Lexicon
I will mention
אַזְכִּ֤יר ׀ (’az·kîr)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2142: To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male

Rahab
רַ֥הַב (ra·haḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7294: Rahab -- 'storm', a name for Eg

and Babylon
וּבָבֶ֗ל (ū·ḇā·ḇel)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 894: Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city

among those who know Me—
לְֽיֹ֫דְעָ֥י (lə·yō·ḏə·‘āy)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know

along with
הִנֵּ֤ה (hin·nêh)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2009: Lo! behold!

Philistia,
פְלֶ֣שֶׁת (p̄ə·le·šeṯ)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6429: Philistia -- a territory on the southern Mediterranean coast of Israel

Tyre,
וְצ֣וֹר (wə·ṣō·wr)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6865: Tyre -- a Phoenician city

and
עִם־ (‘im-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5973: With, equally with

Cush—
כּ֑וּשׁ (kūš)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3568: A son of Ham, also his descendants, also a land in the southern Nile Valley

[when I say,] “This one
זֶ֝֗ה (zeh)
Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that

was born
יֻלַּד־ (yul·laḏ-)
Verb - QalPass - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

[in Zion].”
שָֽׁם׃ (šām)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither


Additional Translations
I will mention Rahab and Babylon among those who know Me—along with Philistia, Tyre, and Cush—when I say, “This one was born in Zion.”I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.

I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon as among them that know me: Behold, Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia: This one was born there.

I will make mention of Raab and Babylon to them that know me: behold also the Philistines, and Tyre, and the people of the Ethiopians: these were born there.

I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon among them that know me; behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia: this [man] was born there.

I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon as among them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this one was born there.

I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Cush; this man was born there.

I will record Rahab and Babylon among those who acknowledge me. Behold, Philistia, Tyre, and also Ethiopia: "This one was born there."

I mention Rahab and Babel to those knowing Me, Lo, Philistia, and Tyre, with Cush! This one was born there.
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