Yesaya 2:13

2:13 for all the cedars of Lebanon,

that are so high and mighty,

for all the oaks of Bashan; ¹ 

Amos 2:9

2:9 For Israel’s sake I destroyed the Amorites. ² 

They were as tall as cedars ³ 

and as strong as oaks,

but I destroyed the fruit on their branches ⁴ 

and their roots in the ground. ⁵ 

[2:13]  ¹ sn The cedars of Lebanon and oaks of Bashan were well-known for their size and prominence. They make apt symbols here for powerful men who think of themselves as prominent and secure.

[2:9]  ² tn Heb “I destroyed the Amorites from before them.” The translation takes מִפְּנֵי (mippÿney) in the sense of “for the sake of.” See BDB 818 s.v. פָּנֻה II.6.a and H. W. Wolff, Joel and Amos (Hermeneia), 134. Another option is to take the phrase in a spatial sense, “I destroyed the Amorites, [clearing them out] from before them [i.e., Israel]” (cf. NIV, NRSV).

[2:9]  ³ tn Heb “whose height was like the height of cedars.”

[2:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “his fruit from above.”

[2:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “and his roots from below.”