³ then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes^[a](A) and have compassion^(B) on you and gather^(C) you again from all the nations where he scattered^(D) you.^(E)

³ The Lord your God himself will cross^(A) over ahead of you.^(B) He will destroy these nations^(C) before you, and you will take possession of their land. Joshua also will cross^(D) over ahead of you, as the Lord said.

³ You yourselves have seen everything the Lord your God has done to all these nations for your sake; it was the Lord your God who fought for you.^(A)

⁴ Remember how I have allotted^(A) as an inheritance^(B) for your tribes all the land of the nations that remain—the nations I conquered—between the Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea^(C) in the west.

⁷ Do not associate with these nations that remain among you; do not invoke the names of their gods or swear^(A) by them. You must not serve them or bow down^(B) to them.

⁹ “The Lord has driven out before you great and powerful nations;^(A) to this day no one has been able to withstand you.^(B)