Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Yet—My former benefits to you heighten your ingratitude.
the Amorite—the most powerful of all the Canaanite nations, and therefore put for them all (Genesis 15:16; Genesis 48:22; Deuteronomy 1:20; Joshua 7:7).
height . . . like . . . cedars— (Numbers 13:32-33).
destroyed his fruit . . . above . . . roots . . . beneath—that is, destroyed him utterly (Job 18:16; Ezekiel 17:9; Malachi 4:1).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Amos 2:9:
Isaiah 1:31
Isaiah 2:13
Jeremiah 3:19
Ezekiel 16:3
Amos 2:10
Malachi 4:1
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