“Are you not like (A)the Cushites to me,
    O people of Israel?” declares the Lord.
(B)“Did I not bring up Israel from the land of Egypt,
    and (C)the Philistines from (D)Caphtor and the Syrians from (E)Kir?

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“Are not you Israelites
    the same to me as the Cushites[a]?”(A)
declares the Lord.
“Did I not bring Israel up from Egypt,
    the Philistines(B) from Caphtor[b](C)
    and the Arameans from Kir?(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 9:7 That is, people from the upper Nile region
  2. Amos 9:7 That is, Crete

(A)And the king of Assyria listened to him. The king of Assyria marched up against Damascus (B)and took it, carrying its people captive to (C)Kir, and he killed Rezin.

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The king of Assyria complied by attacking Damascus(A) and capturing it. He deported its inhabitants to Kir(B) and put Rezin to death.

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