Amos 9:7

“Are you not like the people of Cush to me, 1 people of Israel? 1 —this is Yahweh's declaration. 1 Did I not bring up Israel out of the land of Egypt, 1 the Philistines from Crete, 1 and the Arameans from Kir? 1

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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 who builds his steps in the heavens, 1 and has established his vault over the earth. 1 He calls for the waters of the sea, 1 and pours them out on the surface of the earth, 1 Yahweh is his name. 1

8Look, the eyes of the Lord Yahweh are on the sinful kingdom, 1 and I will destroy it from the face of the earth, 1 except that I will not totally destroy the house of Jacob 1 —this is Yahweh's declaration. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 2:23As for the Avvites who lived in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorim, who came from Caphtor, destroyed them and settled in their place.)

Isaiah 20:4in this way the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt, and the exiles of Cush, young and old, naked and barefoot, and with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

Isaiah 43:3For I am Yahweh your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. 1 I have given Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you. 1

Jeremiah 13:23Can the people of Cush change their skin color, or a leopard change its spots? 1 If so, then you yourself, although accustomed to wickedness, would be able to do good. 1

Hosea 12:13Yahweh brought Israel out of Egypt by a prophet, 1 and by a prophet he took care of them. 1

Amos 2:10Also, I brought you up out of the land of Egypt 1 and led you forty years in the wilderness 1 to possess the land of the Amorites. 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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