Amos 9:7

New American Bible - revised edition

Are you not like the Ethiopians to me, O Israelites?—oracle of the Lord— Did I not bring the Israelites from the land of Egypt as I brought the Philistines from Caphtor and the Arameans from Kir?

Cross References

2 Kings 16:9

The king of Assyria listened to him and moved against Damascus, captured it, deported its inhabitants to Kir, and put Rezin to death.

2 Chronicles 14:12

Asa and those with him pursued them as far as Gerar, and the Ethiopians fell until there were no survivors, for they were crushed before the Lord and his army, which carried away enormous spoils.

2 Chronicles 14:9

Asa went out to meet him and they drew up for battle in the valley of Zephathah, near Mareshah.

Exodus 12:51

On that same day the Lord brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt company by company.

Isaiah 20:4

so shall the king of Assyria lead away captives from Egypt, and exiles from Ethiopia, young and old, naked and barefoot, with buttocks uncovered, the shame of Egypt.

Isaiah 22:6

Elam takes up the quiver, Aram mounts the horses and Kir uncovers the shields.

Isaiah 43:3

For I, the Lord, am your God, the Holy One of Israel, your savior. I give Egypt as ransom for you, Ethiopia and Seba in exchange for you.

Jeremiah 13:23

Can Ethiopians change their skin, leopards their spots? As easily would you be able to do good, accustomed to evil as you are.

Jeremiah 47:4

Because of the day that is coming to destroy all the Philistines And cut off from Tyre and Sidon the last of their allies. Yes, the Lord is destroying the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.

Hosea 12:13

Jacob fled to the land of Aram, and Israel served for a wife; for a wife he tended sheep.

Amos 1:5

I will break the barred gate of Damascus; From the Valley of Aven I will cut off the one enthroned, And the sceptered ruler from Beth-eden; the people of Aram shall be exiled to Kir, says the Lord.

Amos 2:10

It was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt, and who led you through the desert for forty years, to occupy the land of the Amorites;

Deuteronomy 2:23

As for the Avvim, who once lived in villages in the vicinity of Gaza, the Caphtorim, migrating from Caphtor, cleared them away and dwelt in their place.) Defeat of Sihon.