Deuteronomy 9:3-7

English Standard Version

³ Know therefore today that he who ^(A)goes over before you ^(B)as a consuming fire is the Lord your God. He will destroy them and subdue them before you. ^(C)So you shall drive them out and make them perish quickly, as the Lord has promised you.

^4 (D)“Do not say in your heart, after the Lord your God has thrust them out before you, ‘It is because of my righteousness that the Lord has brought me in to possess this land,’ whereas it is ^(E)because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is driving them out before you. ^5 (F)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 ^(G)the word that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

⁶ “Know, therefore, that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are ^(H)a stubborn people. ⁷ Remember and do not forget how you provoked the Lord your God to wrath in the wilderness. ^(I)From the day you came out of the land of Egypt until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against the Lord.