Moreover, you shall not follow the customs of the nation which I will drive out before you, for they did all these things, and therefore I have abhorred them.A very logical progression here. The nations violated God's law, so he abhors them. Since he abhors them, he guides the Israelites to drive them out of the land.
Some use this type of verse as a reason for why God abandons nations then their morals decline (like many claim ours are). They say that we deserve what we get, because we have turned away from God. However, here that mindset would not fit. These people, to our knowledge, had no understanding of God, and had never been given His laws. So why is he punishing people that didn't know any better? What was the test that they failed? Or, to put it into a modern context question, what happens to the people who have never heard about God or Jesus? Apparently, there are still severe consequences.
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