Deuteronomy 32:26-28

Holman Christian Standard Bible

²⁶ “I would have said: I will cut them to pieces^[a]
and blot out the memory of them from mankind,
²⁷ if I had not feared insult from the enemy,
or feared that these foes might misunderstand
and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed;
it wasn’t the Lord who did all this.’”

²⁸ Israel is a nation lacking sense
with no understanding at all.^[b]