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68:28-31 The Gentiles Will Come to the True God. The defeat of the Gentile enemies (here described as fierce wild animals, an image of those who lust after tribute and who delight in war, v. 30) is a good thing, both because their designs are greedy and bloody, and because as a result they and others will come to worship the true God (vv. 29, 31). kings shall bear gifts to you. These are Gentile kings; cf. Isa. 60:7; Hag. 2:7; Zech. 6:15. For the expectation that people from Egypt and Cush (Nubia, the region south of Egypt, called "Ethiopia" by ancient writers) will come to know God, cf. Isa. 45:14. God's presence in his temple at Jerusalem (Ps. 68:29) will draw Gentiles to the light (cf. 1 Kings 8:41-43). The oracle of Isa. 2:1-5 foretells the Gentiles coming to worship at God's temple "in the last days"; the NT explains that this is taking place in the time after Christ's resurrection (see notes on Ps. 67:4-5; Isa. 2:1-5).