H3045Know[H8799] H3045for a certainty[H8800] H3068that the LORDH430your GodH3254will no more[H8686] H3423drive out[H8687] H1471any of these nationsH6440from beforeH6341you; but they shall be snaresH4170and trapsH7850unto you, and scourgesH6654in your sidesH6796, and thornsH5869in your eyesH6, until ye perish[H8800] H2896from off this goodH127landH3068which the LORDH430your GodH5414hath given[H8804] you.
H6666Not for thy righteousnessH3476, or for the uprightnessH3824of thine heartH935, dost thou go[H8802] H3423to possess[H8800] H776their landH7564: but for the wickednessH1471of these nationsH3068the LORDH430thy GodH3423doth drive them out[H8688] H6440from beforeH6965thee, and that he may perform[H8687] H1697the wordH3068which the LORDH7650sware[H8738] H1unto thy fathersH85, AbrahamH3327, IsaacH3290, and Jacob.
H6696When thou shalt besiege[H8799] H5892a cityH7227a longH3117timeH3898, in making war[H8736] H8610against it to take[H8800] H7843it, thou shalt not destroy[H8686] H6086the treesH5080thereof by forcing[H8800] H1631an axeH398against them: for thou mayest eat[H8799] H3772of them, and thou shalt not cut them down[H8799] H6086(for the treeH7704of the fieldH120is man'sH935life) to employ[H8800] H6440them in the siegeH4692 :
H1129For he built up[H8799] H7725again[H8799] H1116the high placesH2396which HezekiahH1his fatherH6had destroyed[H8765] H6965; and he reared up[H8686] H4196altarsH1168for BaalH6213, and made[H8799] H842a groveH6213, as did[H8804] H256AhabH4428kingH3478of IsraelH7812; and worshipped[H8691] H6635all the hostH8064of heavenH5647, and served[H8799] them.