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 …
Autres traductions
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.
Références croisées
Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, …
And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the …
And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought …
There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, …
And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, …
Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of …
And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail …
So now the Lord God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess …
And the Lord God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote …
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.