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Isaiah 49:6 - And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.

List of Gentile Nations Named in the Old Testament. This chart contains a long list of the gentile "heathen" nations that are mentioned in Old Testament times. Click on the Bible verse to read the background information.

List of Gentile Nations in the Old Testament
Gentile NationsBible Verses
ArabiaIsaiah 21; Jeremiah 25; 1 Kings 10
AramGenesis 10; Numbers 23
AraratJeremiah 51
ArmeniaIsaiah 37
ArvadEzekiel 27
AsshurEzekiel 27, 32; Hosea 14
AssyriaIsaiah 7
BuzJeremiah 25
ChaldeaJeremiah 50, 51; Ezekiel 16, 23
ChittimIsaiah 23; Jeremiah 2; Ezekiel 27; Daniel 11
CushIsaiah 11
DumahIsaiah 21; Genesis 25
DedanIsaiah 21; Ezekiel 27, 38
EdomIsaiah 11, 34; Jeremiah 25, 49
Egypt2 Kings 17:4; Psalm 46:7; Psalm 81, Etc.
ElamIsaiah 11, 21, 22; Jeremiah 25, 49
EthiopiaIsaiah 18, 20, 43, 45; Ezekiel 30; Nahum 3
GreciaDaniel 8, 10, 11; Joel 3
Isles of the GentilesZephaniah 2
Isles of ElishaEzekiel 27
KedarIsaiah 21, 42, 60; Jeremiah 2; Ezekiel 27; Songs 1
LibyaEzekiel 30, 38
LudIsaiah 66; Ezekiel 27
LydiaEzekiel 30
MadaiGenesis 10
MagogEzekiel 38, 39
MedesIsaiah 13; Jeremiah 25, 51; Daniel 5, 6, 9, 11
MediaIsaiah 21; Daniel 8; 2 Kings 17
MesechEzekiel 27, 32, 38, 39
MesopotamiaGenesis 24
MinniJeremiah 51
MizraimGenesis 10
NebaiothGenesis 25; Isaiah 60; 1 Chronicles 1
OphirIsaiah 13
Padan AramGenesis 25
PalestineJoel 3
PathrosIsaiah 11; Jeremiah 44; Ezekiel 29, 30
PersiaEzekiel 27, 38; Daniel 8, 10, 11
PhutEzekiel 27; Nahum 3
RaamahEzekiel 27
SebaPsalm 72
SeirIsaiah 21
ShebaIsaiah 60; Jeremiah 6; Ezekiel 27, 38
ShinarIsaiah 11; Daniel 1; Zechariah 5
SihorIsaiah 23; Jeremiah 2; Joshua 13
SusaEsther 1, 2
TemaIsaiah 21; Jeremiah 25; Hosea 12; Amos 1
TarshishIsaiah 2, 23, 60, 66; Jeremiah 10; Ezekiel 27; Jonah 1
TogarmahEzekiel 27, 38; Genesis 10; 1 Chronicles 1
UzJeremiah 25; Lamentations 4
The River ChebarEzekiel 1
The River EuphratesJeremiah 13, 46, 51
The Great SeaNumbers 34; Joshua 1, 9; Ezekiel 47
The River HiddekelGenesis 2
HelbonEzekiel 27
NinevehJonah 1
NophIsaiah 19; Jeremiah 2, 44, 46; Ezekiel 30
ZoanIsaiah 19, 30; Ezekiel 30

Isaiah 60:16 - Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD [am] thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

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