then the LORDwill driveout allthesenationsfrom beforeyou, and you will dispossessnationsgreaterand mightierthanyou.
"Be sure to observewhatI am commandingyou this day:behold,I am going to driveout the Amoritebeforeyou, and the Canaanite,the Hittite,the Perizzite,the Hiviteand the Jebusite.
drivingout from beforeyou nationsgreaterand mightierthanyou, to bringyou in [and] to giveyou their landfor an inheritance,as it is today.
"Hear,O Israel!You are crossingoverthe Jordantodayto goin to dispossessnationsgreaterand mightierthanyou, greatcitiesfortifiedto heaven,
"It is not for your righteousnessor for the uprightnessof your heartthat you are goingto possesstheir land,but [it is] becauseof the wickednessof thesenations[that] the LORDyour Godis drivingthem out beforeyou, in orderto confirmthe oathwhichthe LORDsworeto your fathers,to Abraham,Isaacand Jacob.
"For the LORDhas drivenout greatand strongnationsfrom beforeyou; and as for you, nomanhas stoodbeforeyou to thisday.
