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 Nations | Bible Verses |
Arabia | Isaiah 21; Jeremiah 25; 1 Kings 10 |
Aram | Genesis 10; Numbers 23 |
Ararat | Jeremiah 51 |
Armenia | Isaiah 37 |
Arvad | Ezekiel 27 |
Asshur | Ezekiel 27, 32; Hosea 14 |
Assyria | Isaiah 7 |
Buz | Jeremiah 25 |
Chaldea | Jeremiah 50, 51; Ezekiel 16, 23 |
Chittim | Isaiah 23; Jeremiah 2; Ezekiel 27; Daniel 11 |
Cush | Isaiah 11 |
Dumah | Isaiah 21; Genesis 25 |
Dedan | Isaiah 21; Ezekiel 27, 38 |
Edom | Isaiah 11, 34; Jeremiah 25, 49 |
Egypt | 2 Kings 17:4; Psalm 46:7; Psalm 81, Etc. |
Elam | Isaiah 11, 21, 22; Jeremiah 25, 49 |
Ethiopia | Isaiah 18, 20, 43, 45; Ezekiel 30; Nahum 3 |
Grecia | Daniel 8, 10, 11; Joel 3 |
Isles of the Gentiles | Zephaniah 2 |
Isles of Elisha | Ezekiel 27 |
Kedar | Isaiah 21, 42, 60; Jeremiah 2; Ezekiel 27; Songs 1 |
Libya | Ezekiel 30, 38 |
Lud | Isaiah 66; Ezekiel 27 |
Lydia | Ezekiel 30 |
Madai | Genesis 10 |
Magog | Ezekiel 38, 39 |
Medes | Isaiah 13; Jeremiah 25, 51; Daniel 5, 6, 9, 11 |
Media | Isaiah 21; Daniel 8; 2 Kings 17 |
Mesech | Ezekiel 27, 32, 38, 39 |
Mesopotamia | Genesis 24 |
Minni | Jeremiah 51 |
Mizraim | Genesis 10 |
Nebaioth | Genesis 25; Isaiah 60; 1 Chronicles 1 |
Ophir | Isaiah 13 |
Padan Aram | Genesis 25 |
Palestine | Joel 3 |
Pathros | Isaiah 11; Jeremiah 44; Ezekiel 29, 30 |
Persia | Ezekiel 27, 38; Daniel 8, 10, 11 |
Phut | Ezekiel 27; Nahum 3 |
Raamah | Ezekiel 27 |
Seba | Psalm 72 |
Seir | Isaiah 21 |
Sheba | Isaiah 60; Jeremiah 6; Ezekiel 27, 38 |
Shinar | Isaiah 11; Daniel 1; Zechariah 5 |
Sihor | Isaiah 23; Jeremiah 2; Joshua 13 |
Susa | Esther 1, 2 |
Tema | Isaiah 21; Jeremiah 25; Hosea 12; Amos 1 |
Tarshish | Isaiah 2, 23, 60, 66; Jeremiah 10; Ezekiel 27; Jonah 1 |
Togarmah | Ezekiel 27, 38; Genesis 10; 1 Chronicles 1 |
Uz | Jeremiah 25; Lamentations 4 |
The River Chebar | Ezekiel 1 |
The River Euphrates | Jeremiah 13, 46, 51 |
The Great Sea | Numbers 34; Joshua 1, 9; Ezekiel 47 |
The River Hiddekel | Genesis 2 |
Helbon | Ezekiel 27 |
Nineveh | Jonah 1 |
Noph | Isaiah 19; Jeremiah 2, 44, 46; Ezekiel 30 |
Zoan | Isaiah 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.
Also see: Bible Cities