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more than any other place in Israel he loves the city of Jerusalem.
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Listen, city of God, to the wonderful things he says about you:
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"I will include Egypt and Babylonia when I list the nations that obey me; the people of Philistia, Tyre, and Ethiopia I will number among the inhabitants of Jerusalem."
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Of Zion it will be said that all nations belong there and that the Almighty will make her strong.
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The Lord will write a list of the peoples and include them all as citizens of Jerusalem.
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They dance and sing, "In Zion is the source of all our blessings."
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[Hebrew] Cush: [Cush is the ancient name of the extensive territory south of the First Cataract of the Nile River. This region was called Ethiopia in Graeco-Roman time, and included within its borders most of modern Sudan and some of present-day Ethiopia (Abyssinia).]