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Quotes About Cush

Now Nimrod, as the son of Cush, was black, in other words, was a negro. "Can the Ethiopian change his skin?" is in the original, "Can the Cushite" do so? Keeping this, then, in mind, it will be seen that in that figure disentombed from Nineveh, we have both the prototype of the Anglo-Saxon Zer-Nebo-Gus, "the seed of the prophet Cush," and the real original of the black Adversary of mankind, with horns and hoofs.
~ Alexander Hislop
Cush of Ezekiel's day sat far more northwest than the Ethiopia of today.
~ Joel Richardson
I drive an S80 Volvo; it's one of those real flashy cars. No, I just like it because I like a nice, cush ride; the Volvo is really cush, and it's powerful and fast.
~ Cheech Marin
roots of historical Babylon are given to us in Genesis 10 where we learn that one of Noah's sons, Ham, had a son, Cush, who bore a son named Nimrod. Nimrod, who was the founder of the kingdom of Babylon, is described in scripture as evil, his name meaning 'rebel against God.
~ John Price
The name of the second river is Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.
~ Genesis 2:13
The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
~ Genesis 10:6
The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
~ Genesis 10:7
Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.
~ Genesis 10:8
Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “Look, he has set out to fight against you.” So Sennacherib again sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
~ 2 Kings 19:9
The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
~ 1 Chronicles 1:8
The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
~ 1 Chronicles 1:9
Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.
~ 1 Chronicles 1:10
This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.
~ Esther 1:1
Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.
~ Job 28:19
A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite. O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,
~ Psalm 7:1
Envoys will arrive from Egypt; Cush will stretch out her hands to God.
~ Psalm 68:31
“I will mention Rahab and Babylon among those who know Me—along with Philistia, Tyre, and Cush—when I say, ëThis one was born in Zion.í”
~ Psalm 87:4
Woe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush,
~ Isaiah 18:1
Then the LORD said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and omen against Egypt and Cush,
~ Isaiah 20:3
so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egyptís shame.
~ Isaiah 20:4
Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.
~ Isaiah 20:5
Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “He has set out to fight against you.” On hearing this, Sennacherib sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
~ Isaiah 37:9
For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.
~ Isaiah 43:3
This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and bow down to you. They will confess to you: ëGod is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.í”
~ Isaiah 45:14