⁹ Yet I was the one
    who destroyed the Amorites^[a] 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.
¹¹ I was the one
    who raised up some of your sons to be prophets
    and some of your young men to be Nazirites.
Is this not indeed true, O Israelites?
    says the Lord.