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-# General Information:
+# the Amorite
 
-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.
+"the Amorites" or "the Amorite people"
 
 # whose height was like the height of cedars; he was strong as the oaks
 
-This is an exaggeration. It describes how tall and strong the Amorite people were and compares them to the tallest and strongest trees in that region. Alternate translation: "who were tall and strong like great trees" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-hyperbole]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])
-
-# cedars
-
-cedar trees
-
-# oaks
-
-oak trees
+ "who were tall like cedar trees and strong like oak trees"
 
 # Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below
 
-How Yahweh completely destroyed the Amorites is pictured as a tree being destroyed from top to bottom. Alternate translation: "Yet I destroyed them completely" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-merism]])
+"Yet I destroyed them completely"