And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, [and] utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:
Ver. 2. Nor show mercy unto them.] Their iniquity was now full; Gen 15:16 they filled the land with filthiness, from corner to corner; Ezr 9:11 they were ripe for the sickle, ready for the vintage of God's wrath, which now came upon them to the utmost.