Deuteronomy 7:16-26

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹⁶ You will consume all the peoples that the Lord your God is giving to you. Your eye is not to look with compassion on them. You are not to serve their gods, because that would be a snare to you.

¹⁷ If you say in your heart, “These nations are more numerous than we are. How are we able to take possession of their land?” ¹⁸ do not be afraid of them. Be sure to remember what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all the Egyptians. ¹⁹ The great test which your eyes saw and the signs and the wonders and the strong hand and the outstretched arm by which the Lord your God brought you out—that is what the Lord your God will do to all the peoples that you fear.

²⁰ The Lord your God will also send the hornet against them until those who are left and are hiding from you have been destroyed. ²¹ Do not be overwhelmed before them, because the Lord your God is right among you, a great and awe-inspiring God.

²² The Lord your God, the God before you, will clear away the nations little by little. You will not succeed in finishing them off too quickly, so that the wild animals do not become too numerous for you. ²³ But the Lord your God will give them over to you, and he will throw these peoples into complete confusion until they are destroyed. ²⁴ He will give their kings into your hands, and he will cause their names to die out under the heavens, because none of them will be able to hold their ground against you until you have destroyed them. ²⁵ Burn the images of their gods with fire, and do not covet the silver and gold on them or take it for yourself, so that you are not snared by it, because it is an abomination to the Lord your God. ²⁶ Do not bring a detestable thing to your house and in that way become devoted to destruction just like it. Detest it and regard it as an utterly disgusting thing, because it is devoted to destruction.