8. Hold on to the Lord your God instead, exactly as you’ve done right up to today.
9. “The Lord has removed great and powerful nations before you. To this day, no one has stood up to you.
10. A single one of you puts a thousand to flight. This is because the Lord your God fights for you, exactly as he promised you.
11. For your own sake, be very careful to love the Lord your God.
12. But if you should turn away and join the rest of these nations that remain with you, intermarry with them, and associate with each other,