Amos 9:7

New Living Translation

“Are you Israelites more important to me than the Ethiopians?” asks the Lord. “I brought Israel out of Egypt, but I also brought the Philistines from Crete and led the Arameans out of Kir.

Cross References

2 Kings 16:9

So the king of Assyria attacked the Aramean capital of Damascus and led its population away as captives, resettling them in Kir. He also killed King Rezin.

2 Chronicles 14:12

So the Lord defeated the Ethiopians in the presence of Asa and the army of Judah, and the enemy fled.

2 Chronicles 14:9

Once an Ethiopian named Zerah attacked Judah with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots. They advanced to the town of Mareshah,

Exodus 12:51

On that very day the Lord brought the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt like an army.

Isaiah 20:4

For the king of Assyria will take away the Egyptians and Ethiopians as prisoners. He will make them walk naked and barefoot, both young and old, their buttocks bared, to the shame of Egypt.

Isaiah 22:6

Elamites are the archers, with their chariots and charioteers. The men of Kir hold up the shields.

Isaiah 43:3

For I am the Lord, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I gave Egypt as a ransom for your freedom; I gave Ethiopia and Seba in your place.

Jeremiah 13:23

Can an Ethiopian change the color of his skin? Can a leopard take away its spots? Neither can you start doing good, for you have always done evil.

Jeremiah 47:4

“The time has come for the Philistines to be destroyed, along with their allies from Tyre and Sidon. Yes, the Lord is destroying the remnant of the Philistines, those colonists from the island of Crete.

Hosea 12:13

Then by a prophet the Lord brought Jacob’s descendants out of Egypt; and by that prophet they were protected.

Amos 1:5

I will break down the gates of Damascus and slaughter the people in the valley of Aven. I will destroy the ruler in Beth-eden, and the people of Aram will go as captives to Kir,” says the Lord.

Amos 2:10

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

Deuteronomy 2:23

A similar thing happened when the Caphtorites from Crete invaded and destroyed the Avvites, who had lived in villages in the area of Gaza.)