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"