²¹ They were a people strong and numerous, and as tall as the Anakites.^(A) The Lord destroyed them from before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place.

² The Lord sent Babylonian,^[a](A) Aramean,^(B) Moabite and Ammonite raiders^(C) against him to destroy^(D) Judah, in accordance with the word of the Lord proclaimed by his servants the prophets.^(E)