³⁸ to drive out before you nations greater and stronger than you and to bring you in and give you their land as an inheritance,^(A) as is now taking place.

²³ the Lord will drive out all these nations before you, and you will drive out nations greater and stronger than you are.^(A)

¹⁸ because the hill country will be yours also. It is a forest; clear it and its outlying areas will be yours. You can also drive out the Canaanites, even though they have iron chariots and are strong.”

¹⁹ The Lord was with^(A) Judah and enabled them to take possession of the hill country, but they could not drive out^(B) the people who were living in the plain because those people had iron chariots.^(C)