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And (A)Elam bore the quiver
    with chariots and horsemen,
    and (B)Kir uncovered the shield.

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

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I will (A)break the gate-bar of (B)Damascus,
    and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of (C)Aven,[a]
and him who holds the sceptre from (D)Beth-eden;
    and the people of (E)Syria shall go into exile to (F)Kir,”
says the Lord.

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  1. Amos 1:5 Or On

I will break down the gate(A) of Damascus;
    I will destroy the king who is in[a] the Valley of Aven[b]
and the one who holds the scepter in Beth Eden.(B)
    The people of Aram will go into exile to Kir,(C)
says the Lord.(D)

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  1. Amos 1:5 Or the inhabitants of
  2. Amos 1:5 Aven means wickedness.

“Are you not like (A)the Cushites to me,
    O people of Israel?” declares the Lord.
(B)“Did I not bring up Israel from the land of Egypt,
    and (C)the Philistines from (D)Caphtor and the Syrians from (E)Kir?

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“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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  1. Amos 9:7 That is, people from the upper Nile region
  2. Amos 9:7 That is, Crete