Amos 2:9-11

9Yet I destroyed the Amorite as Israel advanced; his height was like the cedars, and he was as sturdy as the oaks; I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath.

10And I brought you from the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness in order to possess the land of the Amorite.

11I raised up some of your sons as prophets and some of your young men as Nazirites. Is this not the case, Israelites? This is the Lord’s declaration.