1 Kings 8:41-43

41“Likewise, when a foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, comes from a far country for your name’s sake 42(for they shall hear of your great name aand your mighty hand, and of your outstretched arm), when he comes and prays toward this house, 43hear in heaven your dwelling place and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to you, in order bthat all the peoples of the earth may know your name and cfear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that this house that I have built is called by your name.

Isaiah 11:10

10In that day dthe root of eJesse, who shall stand as fa signal for the peoples—of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious.

Isaiah 60:2-14

2For behold, darkness shall cover the earth,
and thick darkness the peoples;
but the Lord will arise upon you,
and his glory will be seen upon you.
3 gAnd nations shall come to your light,
and kings to the brightness of your rising.
4 hLift up your eyes all around, and see;
they all gather together, they come to you;
iyour sons shall come from afar,
and your daughters shall be carried on the hip.
5Then you shall see and jbe radiant;
your heart shall thrill and exult,
Hebrew  your heart shall tremble and grow wide

because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you,
lthe wealth of the nations shall come to you.
6A multitude of camels shall cover you,
the young camels of mMidian and nEphah;
all those from oSheba shall come.
pThey shall bring gold and frankincense,
and shall bring good news, the praises of the Lord.
7All the flocks of qKedar shall be gathered to you;
the rams of rNebaioth shall minister to you;
sthey shall come up with acceptance on my altar,
tand I will beautify my beautiful house.
8 Who are these that fly like a cloud,
and ulike doves to their windows?
9For vthe coastlands shall hope for me,
wthe ships of Tarshish first,
xto bring your children from afar,
their silver and gold with them,
for the name of the Lord your God,
and for the Holy One of Israel,
because yhe has made you beautiful.
10 zForeigners shall build up your walls,
and aatheir kings shall minister to you;
for in my wrath I struck you,
but in my favor I have had mercy on you.
11 abYour gates shall be open continually;
day and night they shall not be shut,
acthat people may bring to you the wealth of the nations,
with their kings led in procession.
12 adFor the nation and kingdom
that will not serve you shall perish;
those nations shall be utterly laid waste.
13 aeThe glory of Lebanon shall come to you,
the cypress, the plane, and afthe pine,
to beautify the place of my sanctuary,
and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
14 agThe sons of those who afflicted you
shall come bending low to you,
ahand all who despised you
shall bow down at your feet;
aithey shall call you the City of the Lord,
the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 66:19-21

19and I will set a sign among them. And from them ajI will send survivors to the nations, to akTarshish, alPul, and amLud, who draw the bow, to anTubal and aoJavan, apto the coastlands far away, aqthat have not heard my fame or seen my glory. And they shall declare my glory among the nations. 20 arAnd they shall bring all your brothers from all the nations asas an offering to the Lord, on horses and in chariots and in litters and on mules and on dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the Lord, just as the Israelites bring their grain offering in a clean vessel to the house of the Lord. 21 atAnd some of them also I will take for priests and for Levites, says the Lord.

Acts 8:27

27And he rose and went. And there was an auEthiopian, a aveunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, awwho was in charge of all her treasure. axHe had come to Jerusalem to worship
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