⁷ behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations; and they shall unsheathe their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall·​·profane thy shining·​·forth.

⁵⁵ But if you will not dispossess those dwelling·​·in the land from before you, then it shall be, that those whom you let remain of them shall be a thorn·​·hedge in your eyes, and barbs in your sides, and shall be·​·adversaries with^◦ you upon the land wherein you^◦ dwell.