Amós 2:9

9 Yo destruí al amorreo delante de ellos, cuya altura era como la altura de los cedros, y era fuerte como las encinas; yo destruí su fruto por arriba y su raíz por abajo.

Amós 2:9 Meaning and Commentary

Amos 2:9

Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them
Here the Lord by the prophet reckons up the many favours and blessings he had bestowed upon Israel, which was an aggravation of their sins, and showed them to be guilty of great ingratitude, and a justification of him in his punishment of them he drove out the seven nations of Canaanites from before them, to make way for them, and destroyed them, of which the Amorite was a principal, and is here put for all the rest: whose height [was] like the height of the cedars;
being both tall of stature, and in great honour and dignity with the other nations, and in very opulent and flourishing circumstances: and he was strong as the oaks:
not only like the tall cedars of Lebanon for their height and largeness of stature, but like the sturdy oaks for the strength of their bodies, being of the race of the giants, ( Numbers 13:28 Numbers 13:32 Numbers 13:33 ) ( Deuteronomy 3:11 ) ; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath;
that is, utterly destroyed him, root and branch, so that nothing of him remained; still persisting in the metaphor of a tree. Jarchi interprets it of their superior and inferior princes; but it seems best to understand it of children with their parents, the one being the fruit, the other the root; and, both being destroyed, there must be utter ruin.

Amós 2:9 In-Context

7 Los que pisotean en el polvo de la tierra la cabeza de los desvalidos, también tuercen el camino de los humildes. Un hombre y su padre se llegan a la misma joven profanando mi santo nombre;

8 sobre ropas empeñadas se tienden junto a cualquier altar, y el vino de los que han sido multados beben en la casa de su Dios .

9 Yo destruí al amorreo delante de ellos, cuya altura era como la altura de los cedros, y era fuerte como las encinas; yo destruí su fruto por arriba y su raíz por abajo.

10 Y a vosotros yo os hice subir de la tierra de Egipto, y os conduje por el desierto cuarenta años para que tomarais posesión de la tierra del amorreo.

11 Y levanté profetas de entre vuestros hijos y nazareos de entre vuestros jóvenes. ¿No es así, hijos de Israel?declara el SEÑOR.