9:7a “Are you not like the Cushites to Me, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD.

Yahweh declared, “You people of Israel are not more important to me than the Ethiopian people are.
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Yahweh said, “To me, you Israelites are not better than the Ethiopians.

9:7b “Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt,

Was it not me who brought you (plur.) out of Egypt?
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I was the one who brought you Israel ⌊people⌋ out of Egypt.

9:7c the Philistines from Caphtor,

⌊I am also the one who brought⌋ the Philistines out of Caphtor,
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⌊I am also the one who rescued⌋ the Philistines from Crete,

9:7d and the Arameans from Kir?

and ⌊I am the one who saved⌋ the Syrian people from Kir.
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and ⌊I am the one who rescued⌋ the Syrian people from Kir.

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