the gods of the surrounding people (whether near you or far from you, from one end of the earth ¹  to the other).

This is how you are to deal with all those cities located far from you, those that do not belong to these nearby nations.

The Lord will raise up a distant nation against you, one from the other side of the earth ¹  as the eagle flies, ²  a nation whose language you will not understand,

“This commandment I am giving ¹  you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it too remote.

The generation to come – your descendants who will rise up after you, as well as the foreigner who will come from distant places – will see ¹  the afflictions of that land and the illnesses that the Lord has brought on it.