I alsowill nolongerdriveout beforethem anyof the nationswhichJoshualeftwhen he died,
becausethey had not observedMy ordinances,but had rejectedMy statutesand had profanedMy sabbaths,and their eyeswere on the idolsof their fathers.
knowwith certaintythat the LORDyour Godwill not continueto drivethesenationsout from beforeyou; but they will be a snareand a trapto you, and a whipon your sidesand thornsin your eyes,untilyou perishfrom offthisgoodlandwhichthe LORDyour Godhas givenyou.
"See,I have apportionedto you thesenationswhich remainas an inheritancefor your tribes,with allthe nationswhichI have cutoff,from the Jordaneven to the GreatSeatoward the settingof the sun.
"The LORDyour God,He will thrustthem out from beforeyou and drivethem from beforeyou; and you will possesstheir land,justas the LORDyour Godpromisedyou.
Now it cameabout afterthe deathof Joshuathat the sonsof Israelinquiredof the LORD,saying,"Whoshall goup firstfor us againstthe Canaanites,to fightagainst them?"
"Therefore I alsosaid,I will not drivethem out beforeyou; but they will become[as thorns] in your sidesand their godswill be a snareto you.'"
Now theseare the nationswhichthe LORDleft,to testIsraelby them ([that is], allwhohad not experiencedanyof the warsof Canaan;
[These nations are]: the fivelordsof the Philistinesand allthe Canaanitesand the Sidoniansand the Hiviteswho livedin MountLebanon,from MountBaal-hermonas faras Lebo-hamath.
