# General Information:

Moses is still speaking to the people of Israel.

# When Yahweh your God cuts off the nations

Yahweh destroying the people who live in Canaan is spoken of as if he were cutting them off, as one would cut a piece of cloth or cut a branch from a tree. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# the nations

This represents the people groups that live in Canaan. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# those whose land Yahweh your God is giving you

"those nations who were living in the land that Yahweh your God is giving you"

# come after them

"take the land from those nations" or "possess the land after those nations are gone"

