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OET (OET-LV) And_I I_destroyed DOM the_ʼAmorī from_their_face/front who like_height_of cedars height_of_his and_strong he as_the_oaks and_destroyed fruit_of_his at_above and_roots_of_his at_below.
OET (OET-RV) Yet I destroyed the Amorites before them.
⇔ They were as tall as of cedars
⇔ and as strong as oaks.
⇔ Yet I destroyed their fruit up high
⇔ and their roots down below.
The words “them” and “you” in these verses both refer to the people of Israel.
Connecting Statement:
Yahweh continues his message of judgment on the people of Israel.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole
(Occurrence 0) whose height was like the height of cedars; he was strong as the oaks
(Some words not found in UHB: and,I destroyed DOM the=ʼAmorī from=their=face/front which/who like,height_of cedars height_of,his and,strong he/it as_the,oaks and,destroyed fruit_of,his at,above and,roots_of,his at,below )
This is an exaggeration. It describes how tall and strong the Amorite people were. Alternate translation: “who were tall and strong like great trees”
(Occurrence 0) cedars
(Some words not found in UHB: and,I destroyed DOM the=ʼAmorī from=their=face/front which/who like,height_of cedars height_of,his and,strong he/it as_the,oaks and,destroyed fruit_of,his at,above and,roots_of,his at,below )
cedar trees
(Occurrence 0) oaks
(Some words not found in UHB: and,I destroyed DOM the=ʼAmorī from=their=face/front which/who like,height_of cedars height_of,his and,strong he/it as_the,oaks and,destroyed fruit_of,his at,above and,roots_of,his at,below )
oak trees
2:9 Amorites is used here as a general term to denote the inhabitants of Canaan (see Gen 15:16; Judg 6:10).
OET (OET-LV) And_I I_destroyed DOM the_ʼAmorī from_their_face/front who like_height_of cedars height_of_his and_strong he as_the_oaks and_destroyed fruit_of_his at_above and_roots_of_his at_below.
OET (OET-RV) Yet I destroyed the Amorites before them.
⇔ They were as tall as of cedars
⇔ and as strong as oaks.
⇔ Yet I destroyed their fruit up high
⇔ and their roots down below.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.