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20 And, moreover, Yahweh your God will send the hornets[a] among them until both the survivors and the fugitives are destroyed[b] before you.[c] 21 You must not be in dread from the presence of them, because Yahweh your God, who is in your midst, is a great and awesome God. 22 And Yahweh your God will clear away these nations from before you[d] little by little; you will not be able to finish them off quickly, lest[e] the wild animals[f] multiply[g] against you.[h]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 7:20 Hebrew “hornet”
  2. Deuteronomy 7:20 Literally “the destroying of”
  3. Deuteronomy 7:20 Literally “from your faces”
  4. Deuteronomy 7:22 Literally “from your faces”
  5. Deuteronomy 7:22 Literally “so that not”
  6. Deuteronomy 7:22 Literally “animals of the field”
  7. Deuteronomy 7:22 Literally “will become numerous”
  8. Deuteronomy 7:22 Literally “on you”