Deuteronomy 32:26-28

Legacy Standard Bible

²⁶ I would have said, “^(A)I will cut them to pieces;
^(B)I will cause the memory of them to cease from men,”
²⁷ Had I not feared the provocation by the enemy,
Lest their adversaries misjudge,
Lest they say, “^(C)Our hand is ^[a]triumphant,
And Yahweh has not done all this.”’

²⁸ “^(D)For they are a nation where counsel perishes,
And there is no discernment in them.