Deuteronomy 18:12Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)For whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord; and because of these abominable practices the Lord your God is driving them out before you. See the chapter |
Not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart are you going in to possess their land; but because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out from before you, and that he may confirm the word which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.