²⁰ Moreover, the Lord your God will send swarms of hornets^[a] against them until even the survivors and the fugitives are destroyed.^{(A) 21} Have no dread of them, for the Lord your God, who is present with you, is a great and awesome God.^{(B) 22} The Lord your God will clear away these nations before you little by little; you will not be able to make a quick end of them, otherwise the wild animals would become too numerous for you.^(C)