²⁴ Then they despised^(A) the pleasant land;^(B)
    they did not believe^(C) his promise.

⁹ “Yet I destroyed the Amorites^(A) before them,
    though they were tall^(B) as the cedars
    and strong as the oaks.^(C)
I destroyed their fruit above
    and their roots^(D) below.