The Ammorite — The mightiest nation of all the Canaanites. As the oaks — Another proverbial speech denoting their great strength. His fruit — Their children. His roots — The old standards; that present generation.
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Amos 2:9
9 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.