Study Desk

"^(C1)Do not say in your heart when the LORD your God has driven them away from ^(F1)you, 'Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to take possession of this land.' Rather, it is ^(C2)because of the ^(F2)wickedness of these nations that the LORD is dispossessing them before you.

"It is ^(C1)not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you are going in to take possession of their land, ^(F1)but it is because of the ^(F2)wickedness of these nations that the LORD your God is driving them out from before you, and in order to confirm ^(C2)the ^(F3)oath which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

"Know, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are ^(C1)a ^(F1)stubborn people.