to dispossess nations greater and stronger than you and brought you here this day to give you their land as your property.

But the men of Manasseh were unable to conquer these cities; the Canaanites managed to remain in those areas.

The Lord was with the men of Judah. They conquered the hill country, but they could not conquer the people living in the coastal plain, because they had chariots with iron-rimmed wheels.

So I will no longer remove before them any of the nations that Joshua left unconquered when he died.

know for certain that the Lord our God will no longer drive out these nations from before you. They will trap and ensnare you; they will be a whip that tears your sides and thorns that blind your eyes until you disappear from this good land the Lord your God gave you.