¹² `For the abomination of Jehovah `is' every one doing these, and because of these abominations is Jehovah thy God dispossessing them from thy presence.

²⁴ `Ye are not defiled with all these, for with all these have the nations been defiled which I am sending away from before you;

⁴ `Thou dost not speak in thy heart (in Jehovah thy God's driving them away from before thee), saying, For my righteousness hath Jehovah brought me in to possess this land, seeing for the wickedness of these nations is Jehovah dispossessing them from thy presence;

²⁷ (for all these abominations have the men of the land done who `are' before you, and the land is defiled),