Charles Ellicott Commentary Amos 2:9

"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." — Amos 2:9 (ASV)

Destroyed I.— Emphasis belongs to the pronoun “I.” The Amorites proper occupied the southwest coast of the Dead Sea. Their formidable stature and power were attributed occasionally to all the inhabitants of the land (Joshua 24:18; Judges 6:10). They were absorbed before the time of Amos.