Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?

The syrians

Bible References

Ye not

Jeremiah 9:25
The days are coming, proclaims Jehovah, when I will punish all who are circumcised [only in the flesh]. Yet they are not circumcised [in the heart].
Jeremiah 13:23
Can Ethiopians change the color of their skin or leopards change their spots? Can you do good when you are taught to do wrong?

Have not

Amos 2:10
I brought you out of the land of Egypt. I led you forty years in the desert wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
Exodus 12:51
On that day Jehovah brought the Israelite tribes out of Egypt.
Hosea 12:13
Jehovah used a prophet to bring the people of Israel out of Egypt. He used a prophet to take care of them.

The philistines

Deuteronomy 2:23
The Avims lived in Hazerim, even as far as Azzah. The Caphtorims came from Caphtor to destroy them and live there in their place.
Jeremiah 47:4
The time has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon any Philistine who might have escaped to get help. Jehovah will destroy the Philistines and anyone who is left from the island of Crete.

The syrians

Amos 1:5
I will destroy the lock (bar) at the gate of Damascus, and annihilate the inhabitant from the valley of Aven. He who holds the scepter (imperial authority) from the house of Eden and the people of Syria will go into captivity to Kir, said Jehovah.
2 Kings 16:9
The king of Assyria, in answer to his request, went up against Damascus and captured it. He took its people away as prisoners to Kir, and put Rezin to death.