Amo 2:9 | HCSB | STEP | 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 .

Amos 2:9

9 Yet I destroyed the Amorite ^a as Israel advanced;
his height ^b was like the cedars,
and he was as sturdy as the oaks;
I destroyed his fruit ^c above and his roots beneath.