Amos 9:7 (YLT)

Passage

As sons of Cushim are ye not to Me? O sons of Israel--an affirmation of Jehovah. Israel did I not bring up out of the land of Egypt? And the Philistines from Caphtor, and Aram from Kir?

Nearby Context

Amos 9:5 And <FI>it is<Fi> the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Who is striking against the land, and it melteth, And mourned have all the inhabitants in it, And come up as a flood hath all of it, And it hath sunk--like the flood of Egypt.

Amos 9:6 Who is building in the heavens His upper chambers; As to His troop, Upon earth He hath founded it, Who is calling for the waters of the sea, And poureth them out on the face of the land, Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> His name.

Amos 9:7 As sons of Cushim are ye not to Me? O sons of Israel--an affirmation of Jehovah. Israel did I not bring up out of the land of Egypt? And the Philistines from Caphtor, and Aram from Kir?

Amos 9:8 Lo, the eyes of the Lord Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> on the sinful kingdom, And I have destroyed it from off the face of the ground, Only, I destroy not utterly the house of Jacob, An affirmation of Jehovah.

Amos 9:9 For lo, I am commanding, And I have shaken among all the nations the house of Israel, As <FI>one<Fi> doth shake with a sieve, And there falleth not a grain <FI>to<Fi> the earth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sons", "cushim", "israel--an", "affirmation", "jehovah", and "bring". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sons" and "cushim", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "Who is building in the heavens His..." into verse 8's "Lo the eyes of the Lord Jehovah...", so "sons" and "cushim" belong inside that flow. In Amos context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "sons" and "cushim" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.