Amos 9:7

New Century Version

The Lord says, “Israel, you are no different to me than the people of Cush. I brought Israel out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Crete, and the Arameans from Kir.

Cross References

2 Kings 16:9

So the king of Assyria listened to Ahaz. He attacked Damascus and captured it and sent all its people away to Kir. And he killed Rezin.

2 Chronicles 14:12

So the Lord defeated the Cushites when Asa’s army from Judah attacked them, and the Cushites ran away.

2 Chronicles 14:9

Then Zerah from Cush came out to fight them with an enormous army and three hundred chariots. They came as far as the town of Mareshah.

Exodus 12:51

On that same day the Lord led the Israelites out of Egypt by their divisions.

Isaiah 20:4

The king of Assyria will carry away prisoners from Egypt and Cush. Old people and young people will be led away naked and barefoot, with their buttocks bare. So the Egyptians will be shamed.

Isaiah 22:6

The soldiers from Elam will gather their arrows and their chariots and men on horses. Kir will prepare their shields.

Isaiah 43:3

This is because I, the Lord, am your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I gave Egypt to pay for you, and I gave Cush and Seba to make you mine.

Jeremiah 13:23

Can a person from Cush change the color of his skin? Can a leopard change his spots? In the same way, Jerusalem, you cannot change and do good, because you are accustomed to doing evil.

Jeremiah 47:4

The time has come to destroy all the Philistines. It is time to destroy all who are left alive who could help the cities of Tyre and Sidon. The Lord will soon destroy the Philistines, those left alive from the island of Crete.

Hosea 12:13

Later the Lord used a prophet to bring Jacob’s descendants out of Egypt; he used a prophet to take care of the Israelites.

Amos 1:5

I will break down the bar of the gate to Damascus and destroy the king who is in the Valley of Aven, as well as the leader of Beth Eden. The people of Aram will be taken captive to the country of Kir,” says the Lord.

Amos 2:10

It was I who brought you from the land of Egypt and led you for forty years through the desert so I could give you the land of the Amorites.

Deuteronomy 2:23

The Cretan people came from Crete and destroyed the Avvites, who lived in towns all the way to Gaza; the Cretans destroyed them and took their place.)