Amos 9:7 ““Are you not like the Cushites to Me, O children of Israel?” declares…”

Amos 9:7

“Are you not like the Cushites to Me, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD. “Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Arameans from Kir?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?

World English Bible

Are you not like the children of the Ethiopians to me, children of Israel?” says the LORD. “Haven’t I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?

American Standard Version

Are ye not as the children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith Jehovah. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?

Geneva Bible 1599

Are ye not as the Ethiopians vnto mee, O children of Israel, sayeth the Lord? haue not I brought vp Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistims from Caphtor, and Aram from Kir?

Darby Translation

Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith Jehovah. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?

Young's Literal Translation

As sons of Cushim are ye not to Me? O sons of Israel — an affirmation of Jehovah. Israel did I not bring up out of the land of Egypt? And the Philistines from Caphtor, and Aram from Kir?

Bible in Basic English

Are you not as the children of the Ethiopians to me, O children of Israel? says the Lord. Have I not taken Israel up out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Aramaeans from Kir?

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Cross references

“ye not”

Jeremiah 13:23 Jeremiah 9:25 Jeremiah 9:26

Jeremiah 13:23 · BSB

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good— you who are accustomed to doing evil.

Jeremiah 9:25 · BSB

“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh—

Jeremiah 9:26 · BSB

Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair of their temples. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”

“Have not”

Amos 2:10 Hosea 12:13 Exodus 12:51

Amos 2:10 · BSB

And I brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, that you might take possession of the land of the Amorite.

Hosea 12:13 · BSB

But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.

Exodus 12:51 · BSB

And on that very day the LORD brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.

“the Philistines”

Jeremiah 47:4 Deuteronomy 2:23

Jeremiah 47:4 · BSB

For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.

Deuteronomy 2:23 · BSB

And the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, were destroyed by the Caphtorites, who came out of Caphtor and settled in their place.)

“the Syrians”

2 Kings 16:9 Amos 1:5

2 Kings 16:9 · BSB

So the king of Assyria responded to him, marched up to Damascus, and captured it. He took its people to Kir as captives and put Rezin to death.

Amos 1:5 · BSB

I will break down the gates of Damascus; I will cut off the ruler from the Valley of Aven and the one who wields the scepter in Beth-eden. The people of Aram will be exiled to Kir,” says the LORD.

Also

Isaiah 22:6 Isaiah 20:4 Isaiah 43:3

Isaiah 22:6 · BSB

Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.

Isaiah 20:4 · BSB

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 Egypt’s shame.

Isaiah 43:3 · BSB

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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6He builds His upper rooms in the heavens and founds His vault upon the earth. He summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth. The LORD is His name.

8Surely the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” declares the LORD.

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