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.

²⁴ For ^(A)the Lord your God is a consuming fire, ^(B)a jealous God.

²⁹ for our ^(A)God is a consuming fire.

God's Everlasting Love

³¹ What then shall we say to these things? ^(A)If God is for us, who can be^[a] against us?

⁴ for the Lord your God is he who goes with you ^(A)to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.’

^23 (A)But the Lord your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion, until they are destroyed. ²⁴ And ^(B)he will give their kings into your hand, and you shall ^(C)make their name perish from under heaven. ^(D)No one shall be able to stand against you until you have destroyed them.

¹¹ Behold, the ark of the covenant of ^(A)the Lord of all the earth^{[a] (B)}is passing over before you into the Jordan.

^29 (A)I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the wild beasts multiply against you. ³⁰ Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and possess the land. ^31 (B)And I will set your border from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates,^[a] for ^(C)I will give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.