20 “The LORD your God will send the hornet[17] 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.