Utterly destroyed

1. Cities they did not build
   • Houses they did not fill
   • Wells they did not drill
   • Vineyards they did not hill
2. They claimed
   • That the Lord gave these to them
   • That they were a chosen people
   • That the land was promised to them
3. A land that was already peopled
4. Someone else built those cities
   • filled those houses
   • drilled those wells
   • hilled those vineyards
5. The cities
   • and houses
   • and wells
   • and vineyards
   • did not fall from the windows of heaven
6. They were already there when they arrived
7. Someone else lived in those cities
   • lived in those homes
   • drew from those wells
   • plucked from those vineyards.
8. Men, women, and children were in those cities
   • and houses
   • and wells
   • and vineyards
9. And they were in the way of the chosen people
   • Of the promised land
10. They took all the cities of Sihon
    • and the cities of Og
    • and Jericho
11. They killed the men
    • and the women
    • and the children
    • and the little ones
12. They utterly destroyed the young and old
    • of Sihon
    • of Og
    • of Jericho
    • of Gaza

This poem was prompted by Deuteronomy chapters 2, 3, and 6 and Joshua chapter 6.