20. “The Lord your God will send the hornet against them. He will do this until he destroys all the people who escaped and tried to hide.
21. Don’t be afraid of them, because the Lord your God is with you. He is a great and awesome God.
22. The Lord your God will force those nations to leave your country little by little. You will not destroy them all at once. If you did, the wild animals would grow to be too many for you.
23. But the Lord your God will let you defeat those nations. He will confuse them in battle, until they are destroyed.
24. He will help you defeat their kings. You will kill them, and the world will forget they ever lived. No one will be able to stop you. You will destroy them all!
25. “You must throw the statues of their gods into the fire and burn them. You must not want to keep the silver or the gold that is on those statues for yourselves. It will be like a trap to you—it will ruin your life. The Lord your God hates those idols.
26. You must not bring any of those disgusting idols into your homes, or you will be destroyed just as they will be. You must treat them as the disgusting things they are! They are to be destroyed.