Isaiah 22:6

New American Bible - revised edition

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

Cross References

Genesis 10:22

The descendants of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud and Aram.

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.

Isaiah 11:11

On that day, The Lord shall again take it in hand to reclaim the remnant of his people that is left from Assyria and Egypt, Pathros, Ethiopia, and Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the isles of the sea.

Isaiah 15:1

Oracle on Moab: Laid waste in a night, Ar of Moab is destroyed; Laid waste in a night, Kir of Moab is destroyed.

Isaiah 21:2

A harsh vision has been announced to me: “The traitor betrays, the despoiler spoils. Go up, O Elam; besiege, O Media; put an end to all its groaning!”

Isaiah 22:7

Your choice valleys are filled with chariots, horses are posted at the gates—

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 9:7

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?