Are ye not as the children of the Ethiopians unto me] Being degenerate, and having gone astray as you have done, I do hold you as Ethiopians, a base and accursed nation, as coming from Cham: and your deliverance out of Egypt shall be no more a pledge to you of my favour, then the deliverances which I have granted to these other profane nations. from Caphtor] There is mention made of this in Deuteronomy 2:23. and Jeremiah 47:4. Syrians] Heb. Aram. See Genesis 10:22. from Kir] It is to be understood of the captivity of the Syrians, spoken of 2 Kings 16 9. Amos 1:5. which happened about Amos his time, whose deliverance, which was to come, is here set down, as if it were come already.