But the Lord your God will deliver them over to you, and will inflict defeat upon them until they are destroyed.
Parallel translations
- WEB But Yahweh your God will deliver them up before you, and will confuse them with a great confusion, until they are destroyed.
- KJV But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.
- BSB But the LORD your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion, until they are destroyed.
- NASB But the Lord your God will turn them over to you, and will throw them into great confusion until they are destroyed.
- NLT But the Lord your God will hand them over to you. He will throw them into complete confusion until they are destroyed.
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Quick answer
God will deliver the nations up and throw them into great confusion until they are destroyed. Victory comes by God's intervention, not human strategy alone.
Overview
God himself routs the enemy by sending confusion into their ranks. The destruction of the nations is fundamentally his work on Israel's behalf. This pattern of God fighting for his people reassures them that the outcome is certain, resting on his power rather than their prowess.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Deut 2:15Moreover Yahweh’s hand was against them, to destroy them from the middle of the camp, until they were consumed.
- 2 Th 1:9who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
- Deut 8:20As the nations that Yahweh makes to perish before you, so you shall perish; because you wouldn’t listen to Yahweh your God’s voice.
- Deut 9:3Know therefore today, that Yahweh your God is he who goes over before you as a devouring fire. He will destroy them, and he will bring them down before you. So you shall drive them out, and make them perish quickly, as Yahweh has spoken to you.
- Jer 17:18Let them be disappointed who persecute me, but let not me be disappointed; let them be dismayed, but don’t let me be dismayed; bring on them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
- Isa 13:6Wail; for the day of Yahweh is at hand! It will come as destruction from the Almighty.
- Joel 1:15Alas for the day! For the day of Yahweh is at hand, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
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Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
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