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
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them who are circumcised with the uncircumcised;
Jeremiah 13:23
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

Have not

Amos 2:10
Also I brought you from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
Exodus 12:51
And it came to pass the same day, that the LORD brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.
Hosea 12:13
And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.

The philistines

Deuteronomy 2:23
And the Avims who dwelt in Hazerim even to Azzah, the Caphtorims, who came forth from Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.)
Jeremiah 47:4
Because of the day that cometh to lay waste all the Philistines, and to cut off from Tyre and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the LORD will lay waste the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor.

The syrians

Amos 1:5
I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the scepter from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity to Kir, saith the LORD.
2 Kings 16:9
And the king of Assyria hearkened to him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.