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, says Yahweh, that I will punish all those who are circumcised in [their] uncircumcision:
Jeremiah 13:23
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may you also do good, who are accustomed to do evil.

Have not

Amos 2:10
Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
Exodus 12:51
It happened the same day, that Yahweh brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.
Hosea 12:13
By a prophet Yahweh brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.

The philistines

Deuteronomy 2:23
and the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorim, who came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and lived in their place.)
Jeremiah 47:4
because of the day that comes to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper who remains: for Yahweh will destroy the Philistines, the remnant of the isle of Caphtor.

The syrians

Amos 1:5
I will break the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven, and him who holds the scepter from the house of Eden; and the people of Syria shall go into captivity to Kir," says Yahweh.
2 Kings 16:9
The king of Assyria listened to him; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried [the people of] it captive to Kir, and killed Rezin.