I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the place of slavery.(A)

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“I am the Lord your God,(A) who brought you out(B) of Egypt,(C) out of the land of slavery.(D)

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God’s Reasons for Punishing Israel

Listen to this message that the Lord has spoken against you, Israelites, against the entire clan that I brought from the land of Egypt:(A)

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Witnesses Summoned Against Israel

Hear this word, people of Israel, the word the Lord has spoken against you(A)—against the whole family I brought up out of Egypt:(B)

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Announcement of Judgment

Israelites, are you not like the Cushites to Me?(A)
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Didn’t I bring Israel from the land of Egypt,
the Philistines from Caphtor,[a](B)
and the Arameans from Kir?(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 9:7 Probably Crete

“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