⁸ They lie down beside every altar
    on garments taken in pledge.^(A)
In the house of their god
    they drink wine^(B) taken as fines.^(C)

⁹ “Yet I destroyed the Amorites^(D) before them,
    though they were tall^(E) as the cedars
    and strong as the oaks.^(F)
I destroyed their fruit above
    and their roots^(G) below.
¹⁰ I brought you up out of Egypt^(H)
    and led^(I) you forty years in the wilderness^(J)
    to give you the land of the Amorites.^(K)