Amos 2:9 KJV

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.

Matthew Henry

The ingratitude and ruin of IsraelWe need often to be reminded of the mercies we have received; which add much to the evil of the sins we have committed. They had helps for their souls, which...

Thompson Chains

AmoritesSee the chain from Genesis 10:16 · 10 links
Trees (2)See the chain from Psalms 37:35 · 3 links
GiantsSee the chain from Genesis 6:4 · 10 links
Destruction (3)See the chain from Numbers 21:3 · 6 links
Wicked Rooted UpSee the chain from Deuteronomy 29:28 · 6 links

Cross References

Job 18:16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
Malachi 4:1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Genesis 15:16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
Exodus 34:11 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.
Numbers 13:28–29 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. …
Numbers 13:32–33 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature. …
Numbers 21:23–25 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel. …
Exodus 3:8 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.
Deuteronomy 1:28 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.
Deuteronomy 2:10–11 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; …
Deuteronomy 2:24–33 Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle. …
Deuteronomy 3:11 For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.
Deuteronomy 9:1–3 Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven, …
Joshua 3:10 And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
Joshua 10:12 Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
Joshua 11:21–22 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. …
Joshua 24:8–12 And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you. …
Judges 11:21–23 And the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country. …
2 Samuel 23:16–22 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. …
Nehemiah 9:22–24 Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan. …
Psalms 135:10–12 Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings; …
Psalms 136:17–22 To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever: …
Isaiah 5:24 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Ezekiel 17:9 Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.

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Topics

Amorites Were giants
Israel, prophecies concerning Of captivity, famine, and judgments
Oak Figurative
Sin The Israelites

Timeline

Timeline of the Bible810–784 BC · Amos, in the days of Uzziah and Jeroboam II

Hebrew and Strong’s

Yet destroyed הִשְׁמַדְתִּי hišmadtî שָׁמַד Verb · hiphil perfect, first person common singular
I the Amorite וְאָנֹכִי wĕʾānōkî Pronoun · first person common singular · with and אֶת ʾet Object marker הָאֱמֹרִי hāʾĕmōrî אֱמֹרִי Noun · masculine singular · with the
before מִפְּנֵיהֶם mippĕnêhem פָּנִים Noun · masculine or feminine plural construct · with preposition, suffix: third person masculine plural
them, whose height אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative כְּגֹבַהּ kĕgōbah גֹּבַהּ Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition
like the height גָּבְהוֹ gobhô גֹּבַהּ Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
of the cedars אֲרָזִים ʾărāzîm אֶרֶז Noun · masculine plural
and he was strong וְחָסֹן wĕḥāsōn חָסֹן Adjective · masculine singular · with and הוּא hûʾ Pronoun · third person masculine singular
as the oaks כָּאַלּוֹנִים kāʾallônîm אַלּוֹן Noun · masculine plural · with preposition with the
yet I destroyed וָאַשְׁמִיד wāʾašmîd שָׁמַד Verb · hiphil sequential imperfect, first person common singular · with and
his fruit פִּרְיוֹ piryô פְּרִי Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
from above מִמַּעַל mimmaʿal מַעַל Adverb · with preposition
and his roots וְשָׁרָשָׁיו wĕšārāšāyw שֶׁרֶשׁ Noun · masculine plural construct · with and, suffix: third person masculine singular מִתָּחַת mittāḥat Preposition

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