Thou didst drive out the nations with thy hand;\par\tab But them thou didst plant:\par\tab Thou didst afflict the peoples;\par\tab But them thou didst spread abroad.
And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.\par
Which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered on the possession of the nations, that God thrust out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As the vine-tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
He drove out the nations also before them,\par\tab And allotted them for an inheritance by line,\par\tab And made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
all the inhabitants of the hill-country from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim, even all the Sidonians; them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only allot thou it unto Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.