Amos 2:9
Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
Context
This verse from Amos Chapter 2 connects to 10 cross-references. Judgment oracles continue against Ammon and Moab, then turn to Judah and most elaborately to Israel. Israel has sold the righteous for silver, perverted the ways of the humble, engaged in immorality at the altar, and drunk wine taken as …
Other Translations
Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
And I--I have destroyed the Amorite from before them, Whose height <FI>is<Fi> as the height of cedars, And strong he <FI>is<Fi> as the oaks, And I destroy his fruit from above, And his roots from beneath.
Though I sent destruction on the Amorite before them, who was tall as the cedar and strong as the oak-tree, cutting off his fruit from on high and his roots from under the earth.
Cross References
But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up …
Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, …
Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover …
The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in …
And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, …
And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our …
And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went …
And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in …
Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; …