Amos 9:7 (WEB)
Are you not like the children of the Ethiopians to me, children of Israel?” says the LORD. “Haven’t I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
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“I mean, that whereas they were proud of their coming up from Egypt, and used to boast of it (which indeed the prophet also was hinting at, when he said, “Have I not brought up the strangers from Cappadocia, and the Assyrians from the pit”), He makes this pre-eminence belong to the Virgin likewise.” — editor's note: Amos ix. 7. “The Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir,” Heb. [The LXX. has το λλοφλυ (here rendered “the strangers”) the usual term for…
Read the whole comment“For this cause Isaiah also calls them, “rulers of Sodom,” and “people of Gomorrah;”and another prophet saith, “Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians;”and all withdraw them from this way of thinking, bringing down their pride, which had caused them unnumbered evils.” — editor's note: Amos ix. 7.
Read the whole comment“Yea, and so the prophets used to call every one of their approved kings, David;and the Jews, “rulers of Sodom,”and “sons of Ethiopians;”because of their ways.” — editor's note: Amos ix. 7.
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