⁸ They lie down beside every altar
    upon garments acquired as surety,^[a]
while drinking in the house of their God
    the wine purchased with the fines they impose.
⁹ Yet I was the one
    who destroyed the Amorites^[b] before them;
they were as tall as the cedars
    and as strong as the oaks.
I was the one
    who destroyed their fruit above
    and their roots below.
¹⁰ I was the one
    who brought you up from the land of Egypt
and for forty years led you through the desert
    to take possession of the land of the Amorites.