Deuteronomy 32:26-28

Amplified Bible

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‘I would have said, “I will cut them to pieces [scattering them far away],
I will remove the memory of them from men,”
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Had I not feared the provocation of the enemy,
That their adversaries would misjudge,
That they would say, “Our [own] hand has prevailed,
And the Lord has not done all this.”’

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“For they are a nation devoid of counsel,
And there is no understanding in them.