Amos 9:7

Are ye not as children of Ethiopia unto Me, 1 O Bnai Yisroel? saith Hashem. 1 Have not I brought up Yisroel out of Eretz Mitzrayim? 1 And the Pelishtim (Philistines) from Caphtor, 1 and Aram from Kir? 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The 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?

In Context

6It is He that buildeth his ma'alot (stairs) in Shomayim, 1 and hath founded His aguddah (fitted together vault) over Eretz; 1 He that calleth for the waters of the yam, 1 and poureth them out upon the face of ha'aretz; 1 Hashem Shmo. 1

8Hinei, the eyes of Adonoi Hashem 1 are upon the mamlachah hachatta'ah, 1 and I will destroy it from off the face of ha'aretz; 1 nevertheless I will not utterly destroy Bais Ya'akov, saith Hashem. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 2:23And the Avim which dwelt in villages, even unto Azah, the Caphtorim, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their place.)

Isaiah 20:4So shall Melech Ashur (Assyria) lead away captive Mitzrayim and Golus-exiled Kush, ne'arim and zekenim, aron (naked) and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Mitzrayim.

Isaiah 43:3For I am Hashem Eloheicha, 1 the Kadosh Yisroel, thy Moshi'a: 1 I gave Mitzrayim for thy kofer (ransom), 1 Kush and Seva in thy place. 1

Jeremiah 13:23Can the Cushi (Ethiopian) change his ohr (skin), 1 or the namer (leopard) his spots? 1 Then may ye also do tov, 1 that are accustomed to do rah. 1

Hosea 12:13And Ya'akov fled into the country of Aram, 1 and Yisroel served for an isha, 1 and for an isha he was shomer [over sheep]. 1

Amos 2:10Also I brought you up from Eretz Mitzrayim, 1 and led you arba'im shanah through the midbar, 1 to possess the Eretz HaEmori (land of the Amorite). 1

Matthew Henry on Amos 9:2-11

The Certainty of the Sinner's Doom. ( b. c. 784.) 1 I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered. 2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: 3 And though they hide themselves in the top of… Read the whole commentary →

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