But now you will see for yourselves that the LORD your God will go ahead of you like a raging fire. He will defeat them as you advance, so that you will drive them out and destroy them quickly, as he promised.

The LORD kept on opposing them until he had destroyed them all.

If you do not obey the LORD, then you will be destroyed just like those nations that he is going to destroy as you advance.

Howl in pain! The day of the LORD is near, the day when the Almighty brings destruction.

Bring disgrace on those who persecute me, but spare me, LORD. Fill them with terror, but do not terrify me. Bring disaster on them and break them to pieces.

The day of the LORD is near, the day when the Almighty brings destruction. What terror that day will bring!

They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and from his glorious might,