26 I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind, 27 if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.’” 28 Israel is a nation devoid of counsel, with no understanding among them.
Deuteronomy 32:26–28
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