⁷ 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)

⁸ Look, the eyes of the Lord God
are on the sinful kingdom,^(A)
and I will obliterate it
from the face of the earth.^(B)
However, I will not totally destroy
the house of Jacob^(C)—
this is the Lord’s declaration—