Deuteronomy 7:5-7

International Children’s Bible

⁵ This is what you must do to those people: Tear down their altars. Smash their holy stone pillars. Cut down their Asherah idols and burn their idols in the fire. ⁶ You are holy people. You belong to the Lord your God. He has chosen you from all the people on earth. You are his very own.

⁷ The Lord did not care for you and choose you because there were many of you. You are the smallest nation of all.