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“But it was I who destroyed the Amorites[a] before them. They were as tall as cedar trees and as strong as oaks, but I destroyed their fruit above and their roots below.[b]

10 “I was the one who brought you from the land of Egypt. For 40 years I led you through the desert. I helped you take the Amorites’ land. 11 I made some of your sons to be prophets and some of your young men to be Nazirites. People of Israel, it is true.” This is what the Lord said.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 2:9 Amorites One of the nations who lived in Canaan before the Israelites came. They were the people who scared the Israelites while Moses was leading them in the desert. See Num. 13:33.
  2. Amos 2:9 fruit above … below This means the parents and their children.

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