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The Book of Deuteronomy, Chapter 32, Verse 28

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Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, [and] lest they should say, Our hand [is] high, and the LORD hath not done all this.
King James Version
For they [are] a nation void of counsel, neither [is there any] understanding in them.
American Standard Version
For they are a nation void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them.
New English Translation
They are a nation devoid of wisdom, and there is no understanding among them.
World English Bible
For they are a nation void of counsel. There is no understanding in them.
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O that they were wise, [that] they understood this, [that] they would consider their latter end!
30
How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?
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For their rock [is] not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves [being] judges.
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For their vine [is] of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes [are] grapes of gall, their clusters [are] bitter:
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Their wine [is] the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
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[Is] not this laid up in store with me, [and] sealed up among my treasures?
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To me [belongeth] vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in [due] time: for the day of their calamity [is] at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
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For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that [their] power is gone, and [there is] none shut up, or left.
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And he shall say, Where [are] their gods, [their] rock in whom they trusted,
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Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, [and] drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, [and] be your protection.