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I destroyed their fruit above and their roots below. <a href="/nlt/amos/2.htm">New Living Translation</a> “But as my people watched, I destroyed the Amorites, though they were as tall as cedars and as strong as oaks. I destroyed the fruit on their branches and dug out their roots. <a href="/esv/amos/2.htm">English Standard Version</a> “Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars and who was as strong as the oaks; I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath. <a href="/bsb/amos/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below. <a href="/kjv/amos/2.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/amos/2.htm">New King James Version</a> “Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, Whose height was like the height of the cedars, And he was as strong as the oaks; Yet I destroyed his fruit above And his roots beneath. <a href="/nasb_/amos/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, Though his height was like the height of cedars And he was as strong as the oaks; I also destroyed his fruit above and his roots below. <a href="/nasb/amos/2.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, Though his height was like the height of cedars And he was strong as the oaks; I even destroyed his fruit above and his root below. <a href="/nasb77/amos/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, Though his height was like the height of cedars And he was strong as the oaks; I even destroyed his fruit above and his root below. <a href="/lsb/amos/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, Though his height was like the height of cedars, And he was strong as the oaks; I even destroyed his fruit above and his root below. <a href="/amp/amos/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “Yet it was I [not the false gods] who destroyed the Amorite before them, Though his height was like the height of the cedars, And he was as strong as the oaks; I even destroyed his fruit above and his root below. <a href="/csb/amos/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Yet I destroyed the Amorite as Israel advanced; his height was like the cedars, and he was as sturdy as the oaks; I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath. <a href="/hcsb/amos/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Yet I destroyed the Amorite as Israel advanced; his height was like the cedars, and he was as sturdy as the oaks; I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath. <a href="/asv/amos/2.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/amos/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Israel, the Amorites were there when you entered Canaan. They were tall as cedars and strong as oaks. But I wiped them out--I destroyed their branches and their roots. <a href="/erv/amos/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/amos/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> I destroyed the Amorites in front of them, although the Amorites were as tall as cedars and as strong as oaks. I destroyed their fruit above the ground and their roots below it. <a href="/gnt/amos/2.htm">Good News Translation</a> "And yet, my people, it was for your sake that I totally destroyed the Amorites, who were as tall as cedar trees and as strong as oaks. <a href="/isv/amos/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorites in front of them, though their height seemed like a cedar, though their strength seemed like an oak, but whose fruit I destroyed from above and the roots from beneath. <a href="/msb/amos/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below. <a href="/net/amos/2.htm">NET Bible</a> For Israel's sake I destroyed the Amorites. They were as tall as cedars and as strong as oaks, but I destroyed the fruit on their branches and their roots in the ground. <a href="/nheb/amos/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Yet I destroyed 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. <a href="/wbt/amos/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose hight was like the hight of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath. <a href="/web/amos/2.htm">World English Bible</a> Yet I destroyed 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/amos/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And I have destroyed the Amorite from before them, "" Whose height [is] as the height of cedars, "" And he [is] strong as the oaks, "" And I destroy his fruit from above, "" And his roots from beneath. <a href="/ylt/amos/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And I -- I have destroyed the Amorite from before them, Whose height is as the height of cedars, And strong he is as the oaks, And I destroy his fruit from above, And his roots from beneath. <a href="/slt/amos/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And I destroyed the Amorite from their face, whom his height as the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; and I will destroy his fruit from above and his roots from beneath.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/amos/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Yet I cast out the Amorrhite before their face: whose height was like the height of cedars, and who was strong as an oak: and I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots beneath. <a href="/cpdv/amos/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Yet I exterminated the Amorites before their face, whose height was like the height of cedars, and whose strength was like the oak. And I crushed his fruit from above and his roots below. <a href="/nabre/amos/2.htm">New American Bible</a> Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorites before them, who were as tall as cedars, and as strong as oak trees. I destroyed their fruit above and their roots beneath. <a href="/nrsvce/amos/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of cedars, and who was as strong as oaks; I destroyed his fruit above, and his roots beneath.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/amos/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of a cedar, and he was strong as an oak; yet I destroyed his fruit from above and his roots from beneath. <a href="/hpbt/amos/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And I have destroyed the Amorite from before them, whose height was like the height of a cedar and was venerable as an oak. I have destroyed its fruit from above and its roots from beneath<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/amos/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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. <a href="/sep/amos/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Nevertheless I cut off the Amorite from before them, whose height was as the height of a cedar, and he was strong as an oak; and I dried up his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath. <a href="/parallel/amos/2-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u4uh7eMswjw?start=295" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/amos/2.htm">Judgment on Moab, Judah, and Israel</a> …8They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines. 9<a href="/hebrew/595.htm" title="595: wə·’ā·nō·ḵî (Conj-w:: Pro-1cs) -- I. Sometimes; a primitive pro. I.">Yet it was I</a> <a href="/hebrew/8045.htm" title="8045: hiš·maḏ·tî (V-Hifil-Perf-1cs) -- To be exterminated or destroyed. A primitive root; to desolate.">who destroyed</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/567.htm" title="567: hā·’ĕ·mō·rî (Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps mountain dwellers, a Canaanite tribe. ">the Amorite</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: mip·pə·nê·hem (Prep-m:: N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">though</a> <a href="/hebrew/1363.htm" title="1363: kə·ḡō·ḇah (Prep-k:: N-msc) -- Height. From gabahh; elation, grandeur, arrogance.">his height</a> <a href="/hebrew/1363.htm" title="1363: gā·ḇə·hōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Height. From gabahh; elation, grandeur, arrogance.">was like that of</a> <a href="/hebrew/730.htm" title="730: ’ă·rā·zîm (N-mp) -- A cedar. From 'araz; a cedar tree.">the cedars,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hū (Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">and he was</a> <a href="/hebrew/2634.htm" title="2634: wə·ḥā·sōn (Conj-w:: Adj-ms) -- Strong. From chacan; powerful.">as strong</a> <a href="/hebrew/437.htm" title="437: kā·’al·lō·w·nîm (Prep-k, Art:: N-mp) -- An oak. A variation of 'elown.">as the oaks.</a> <a href="/hebrew/8045.htm" title="8045: wā·’aš·mîḏ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To be exterminated or destroyed. A primitive root; to desolate.">Yet I destroyed</a> <a href="/hebrew/6529.htm" title="6529: pir·yōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Fruit. From parah; fruit.">his fruit</a> <a href="/hebrew/4605.htm" title="4605: mim·ma·‘al (Prep-m:: Adv) -- From alah; properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.">above</a> <a href="/hebrew/8328.htm" title="8328: wə·šā·rā·šāw (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 3ms) -- A root. From sharash; a root.">and his roots</a> <a href="/hebrew/8478.htm" title="8478: mit·tā·ḥaṯ (Prep-m) -- Underneath, below, instead of. From the same as Towach; the bottom; only adverbially, below, in lieu of, etc.">below.</a> 10And I brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, that you might take possession of the land of the Amorite.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/deuteronomy/9-1.htm">Deuteronomy 9:1-3</a> Hear, O Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens. / The people are strong and tall, the descendants of the Anakim. You know about them, and you have heard it said, “Who can stand up to the sons of Anak?” / But understand that today the LORD your God goes across ahead of you as a consuming fire; He will destroy them and subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them swiftly, as the LORD has promised you. <a href="/joshua/24-12.htm">Joshua 24:12</a> I sent the hornet ahead of you, and it drove out the two Amorite kings before you, but not by your own sword or bow. <a href="/numbers/13-28.htm">Numbers 13:28-33</a> Nevertheless, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there. / The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.” / Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “We must go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly conquer it!” ... <a href="/deuteronomy/7-1.htm">Deuteronomy 7:1-2</a> When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you— / and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy. <a href="/psalms/135-10.htm">Psalm 135:10-12</a> He struck down many nations and slaughtered mighty kings: / Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kings of Canaan. / He gave their land as an inheritance, as a heritage to His people Israel. <a href="/psalms/136-17.htm">Psalm 136:17-22</a> He struck down great kings His loving devotion endures forever. / and slaughtered mighty kings—His loving devotion endures forever. / Sihon king of the Amorites His loving devotion endures forever. ... <a href="/joshua/14-12.htm">Joshua 14:12-15</a> Now therefore give me this hill country that the LORD promised me on that day, for you yourself heard then that the Anakim were there, with great and fortified cities. Perhaps with the LORD’s help I will drive them out, as the LORD has spoken.” / Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance. / Therefore Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite as an inheritance to this day, because he wholly followed the LORD, the God of Israel. ... <a href="/judges/1-20.htm">Judges 1:20</a> Just as Moses had promised, Judah gave Hebron to Caleb, who drove out the descendants of the three sons of Anak. <a href="/1_samuel/17-4.htm">1 Samuel 17:4-7</a> Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height, / and he had a bronze helmet on his head. He wore a bronze coat of mail weighing five thousand shekels, / and he had armor of bronze on his legs and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders. ... <a href="/isaiah/10-33.htm">Isaiah 10:33-34</a> Behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts will lop off the branches with terrifying power. The tall trees will be cut down, the lofty ones will be felled. / He will clear the forest thickets with an axe, and Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One. <a href="/isaiah/2-12.htm">Isaiah 2:12-13</a> For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled— / against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan, <a href="/jeremiah/46-22.htm">Jeremiah 46:22-23</a> Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent, for the enemy will advance in force; with axes they will come against her like woodsmen cutting down trees. / They will chop down her forest, declares the LORD, dense though it may be, for they are more numerous than locusts; they cannot be counted. <a href="/ezekiel/31-3.htm">Ezekiel 31:3-14</a> Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds. / The waters made it grow; the deep springs made it tall, directing their streams all around its base and sending their channels to all the trees of the field. / Therefore it towered higher than all the trees of the field. Its branches multiplied, and its boughs grew long as it spread them out because of the abundant waters. ... <a href="/matthew/11-23.htm">Matthew 11:23-24</a> And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. / But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.” <a href="/luke/10-13.htm">Luke 10:13-15</a> Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. / But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. / And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades!</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.I the.<a href="/genesis/15-16.htm">Genesis 15:16</a> But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.<a href="/exodus/3-8.htm">Exodus 3:8</a> And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.<a href="/exodus/34-11.htm">Exodus 34:11</a> Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.whose.<a href="/numbers/13-28.htm">Numbers 13:28,29,32,33</a> Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there… <a href="/deuteronomy/1-28.htm">Deuteronomy 1:28</a> Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.<a href="/deuteronomy/2-10.htm">Deuteronomy 2:10,11</a> The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; … I destroyed.<a href="/joshua/11-21.htm">Joshua 11:21,22</a> And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities… <a href="/2_samuel/23-16.htm">2 Samuel 23:16-22</a> And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD… <a href="/job/18-16.htm">Job 18:16</a> His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/16-45.htm">Amorite</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-12.htm">Below</a> <a href="/joel/1-17.htm">Beneath</a> <a href="/hosea/14-6.htm">Cedar</a> <a href="/hosea/14-6.htm">Cedars</a> <a href="/joel/1-4.htm">Cutting</a> <a href="/amos/2-3.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/joel/1-11.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/joel/3-19.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/joel/2-22.htm">Fruit</a> <a href="/daniel/8-8.htm">Height</a> <a href="/hosea/11-7.htm">High</a> <a href="/daniel/4-20.htm">Hight</a> <a href="/hosea/4-13.htm">Oaks</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-14.htm">Oak-Tree</a> <a href="/hosea/14-5.htm">Root</a> <a href="/hosea/14-5.htm">Roots</a> <a href="/joel/3-16.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/daniel/4-20.htm">Tall</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/amos/2-10.htm">Amorite</a> <a href="/mark/14-66.htm">Below</a> <a href="/amos/2-13.htm">Beneath</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-14.htm">Cedar</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-1.htm">Cedars</a> <a href="/amos/7-1.htm">Cutting</a> <a href="/amos/3-14.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/amos/3-15.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/amos/3-10.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/amos/6-12.htm">Fruit</a> <a href="/micah/3-12.htm">Height</a> <a href="/amos/4-3.htm">High</a> <a href="/romans/8-39.htm">Hight</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-2.htm">Oaks</a> <a href="/joshua/19-33.htm">Oak-Tree</a> <a href="/micah/5-14.htm">Root</a> <a href="/jonah/2-6.htm">Roots</a> <a href="/amos/2-14.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/matthew/11-7.htm">Tall</a><div class="vheading2">Amos 2</div>1. <a href="/amos/2-1.htm">God's judgments upon Moab,</a> 4. <a href="/amos/2-4.htm">upon Judah,</a> 6. <a href="/amos/2-6.htm">and upon Israel.</a> 9. <a href="/amos/2-9.htm">God complains of their ingratitude.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/amos/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/amos/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/amos/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them This phrase emphasizes God's direct intervention in the history of Israel. The Amorites were a powerful Canaanite people who occupied the land before the Israelites. God's destruction of the Amorites is a reminder of His sovereignty and faithfulness in fulfilling His promises to the patriarchs, such as in <a href="/genesis/15-16.htm">Genesis 15:16</a>, where God promised Abraham that his descendants would inherit the land. This act of divine intervention underscores God's role as a warrior on behalf of His people, a theme seen throughout the Old Testament.though his height was like that of the cedars The comparison to cedars highlights the formidable nature of the Amorites. Cedars, particularly those from Lebanon, were known for their great height and strength, symbolizing the Amorites' imposing presence and power. This imagery is used to convey the seemingly insurmountable challenge they posed to Israel, yet God was able to overcome them, demonstrating His superior power.and he was as strong as the oaks Oaks are another symbol of strength and endurance. This phrase further emphasizes the might and resilience of the Amorites, suggesting that they were deeply entrenched and difficult to defeat. The use of natural imagery to describe the Amorites' strength serves to magnify the miraculous nature of their defeat by God's hand, reinforcing the idea that no earthly power can withstand God's will.Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below This phrase signifies a complete and total destruction of the Amorites. The "fruit above" and "roots below" indicate that God eradicated both the visible and hidden aspects of their power and influence. This thorough destruction ensured that the Amorites could not recover or pose a future threat to Israel. It also serves as a metaphor for God's ability to address both the surface issues and the deeper, underlying problems in the lives of His people. This comprehensive victory is a testament to God's thoroughness in executing judgment and fulfilling His promises.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/a/amos.htm">Amos</a> A prophet from the southern kingdom of Judah, called by God to deliver messages to the northern kingdom of Israel. His prophecies often focused on social justice and divine judgment. 2. <a href="/topical/a/amorites.htm">Amorites</a> A powerful and formidable group of people in the ancient Near East, known for their strength and stature. They were one of the nations that the Israelites encountered and defeated during their conquest of Canaan. 3. <a href="/topical/c/canaan.htm">Canaan</a> The land promised by God to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It was inhabited by various groups, including the Amorites, before the Israelites took possession of it. 4. <a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a> The descendants of Jacob (Israel), chosen by God to be His people. They were delivered from slavery in Egypt and led into the Promised Land. 5. <a href="/topical/g/god's_deliverance.htm">God's Deliverance</a> The event of God intervening on behalf of the Israelites to defeat their enemies, demonstrating His power and faithfulness to His covenant promises.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_power.htm">God's Sovereignty and Power</a> God is sovereign over all nations and peoples. His power is unmatched, as demonstrated by His ability to defeat the mighty Amorites. <a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_to_his_promises.htm">Faithfulness to His Promises</a> God is faithful to His covenant promises. Just as He delivered the Amorites into the hands of the Israelites, He will fulfill His promises to us today. <a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god.htm">Dependence on God</a> The Israelites' victory over the Amorites was not due to their own strength but because of God's intervention. We, too, must rely on God for victory in our lives. <a href="/topical/j/judgment_and_justice.htm">Judgment and Justice</a> God's destruction of the Amorites serves as a reminder of His justice. He will not tolerate sin and rebellion indefinitely. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_warfare.htm">Spiritual Warfare</a> Just as God destroyed the "fruit above and roots below" of the Amorites, He can help us overcome sin and spiritual strongholds in our lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_amos_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Amos 2</a> <a href="/q/evidence_for_amorites'_fall,_exodus.htm">(Amos 2:9-10) Is there any archaeological or scientific evidence to support the miraculous overthrow of the Amorites and the exodus narrative?</a> <a href="/q/is_absalom's_hair_in_the_tree_plausible.htm">How did Absalom become caught by his head or hair in the oak tree (2 Samuel 18:9), and does this detail conflict with scientific plausibility?</a> <a href="/q/does_amos_7_11_conflict_with_jeroboam's_end.htm">Amos 7:11 - The text predicts Jeroboam's death by the sword; does this claim conflict with other biblical or extra-biblical accounts regarding Jeroboam's end?</a> <a href="/q/is_there_historical_proof_tyre_was_punished.htm">(Amos 1:9-10) Where is the external proof that Tyre was punished for breaking its covenant of brotherhood, or is this a theological claim without historical backing?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/amos/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) Destroyed I.--Emphasis belongs to the pronoun "I." The Amorites proper occupied the S.W. coast of the Dead Sea. Their formidable stature and power were attributed occasionally to all the inhabitants of the land. (<a href="/joshua/24-18.htm" title="And the LORD drove out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelled in the land: therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God.">Joshua 24:18</a>; <a href="/judges/6-10.htm" title="And I said to you, I am the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but you have not obeyed my voice.">Judges 6:10</a>.) They were absorbed before the time of Amos.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/amos/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 9. - God complains of Israel's ingratitude for the favour which he had shown them. And yet I. The personal pronoun has a prominent position, and is continually repeated, to contrast God's faithfulness and the people's unthankfulness. The Amorite (<a href="/joshua/24-8.htm">Joshua 24:8, 18</a>). The representative of the seven nations of Canaan who were dispossessed by the Israelites (<a href="/genesis/15-16.htm">Genesis 15:16</a>; <a href="/exodus/23-27.htm">Exodus 23:27</a>; <a href="/exodus/34-11.htm">Exodus 34:11</a>). The hyperbolical description of this people is taken from <a href="/numbers/13-32.htm">Numbers 13:32</a>, etc.; <a href="/deuteronomy/1-28.htm">Deuteronomy 1:28</a>. Thus is shown Israel's inability to cope with such an enemy, and their entire dependence on the help of the Lord. Fruit... roots. Keil explains that the posterity of a nation is regarded as its fruit, and the kernel of the nation out of which it springs as the root, comparing <a href="/job/18-16.htm">Job 18:16</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/17-9.htm">Ezekiel 17:9</a>; <a href="/hosea/9-16.htm">Hosea 9:16</a>. The expression is equivalent to our "root and branch" (<a href="/malachi/4-1.htm">Malachi 4:1</a>). <a href="/commentaries/amos/2-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Yet [it was] I וְאָ֨נֹכִ֜י (wə·’ā·nō·ḵî) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_595.htm">Strong's 595: </a> I who destroyed הִשְׁמַ֤דְתִּי (hiš·maḏ·tî) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8045.htm">Strong's 8045: </a> To be exterminated or destroyed the Amorite הָֽאֱמֹרִי֙ (hā·’ĕ·mō·rî) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_567.htm">Strong's 567: </a> Amorites -- perhaps 'mountain dwellers', a Canaanite tribe before them, מִפְּנֵיהֶ֔ם (mip·pə·nê·hem) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face though אֲשֶׁ֨ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that his height כְּגֹ֤בַהּ (kə·ḡō·ḇah) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1363.htm">Strong's 1363: </a> Elation, grandeur, arrogance was like that of גָּבְה֔וֹ (gā·ḇə·hōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1363.htm">Strong's 1363: </a> Elation, grandeur, arrogance the cedars, אֲרָזִים֙ (’ă·rā·zîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_730.htm">Strong's 730: </a> A cedar tree and he was ה֖וּא (hū) Pronoun - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> He, self, the same, this, that, as, are as strong וְחָסֹ֥ן (wə·ḥā·sōn) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2634.htm">Strong's 2634: </a> Powerful as the oaks; כָּֽאַלּוֹנִ֑ים (kā·’al·lō·w·nîm) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_437.htm">Strong's 437: </a> An oak, other strong tree yet I destroyed וָאַשְׁמִ֤יד (wā·’aš·mîḏ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8045.htm">Strong's 8045: </a> To be exterminated or destroyed his fruit פִּרְיוֹ֙ (pir·yōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6529.htm">Strong's 6529: </a> Fruit above מִמַּ֔עַל (mim·ma·‘al) Preposition-m | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4605.htm">Strong's 4605: </a> The upper part, with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top and his roots וְשָׁרָשָׁ֖יו (wə·šā·rā·šāw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8328.htm">Strong's 8328: </a> A root below. מִתָּֽחַת׃ (mit·tā·ḥaṯ) Preposition-m <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8478.htm">Strong's 8478: </a> The bottom, below, in lieu of <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/amos/2-9.htm">Amos 2:9 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/amos/2-9.htm">Amos 2:9 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/amos/2-9.htm">Amos 2:9 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/amos/2-9.htm">Amos 2:9 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/amos/2-9.htm">Amos 2:9 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/amos/2-9.htm">Amos 2:9 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/amos/2-9.htm">Amos 2:9 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/amos/2-9.htm">Amos 2:9 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/amos/2-9.htm">Amos 2:9 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/amos/2-9.htm">Amos 2:9 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/amos/2-9.htm">OT Prophets: Amos 2:9 Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them (Amo. 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