Elam took up a quiver
with chariots and horsemen,[a]
and Kir(A) uncovered the shield.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 22:6 Lit chariots of man

Elam(A) takes up the quiver,(B)
    with her charioteers and horses;
    Kir(C) uncovers the shield.

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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