Deuteronomy 32:25-27

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²⁵ Outside, the enemies’ sword—

Inside, the plague^[a]—

Shall terrorize young men and girls alike;

The baby nursing at the breast,

And aged men.

²⁶ I had decided to scatter them to distant lands,

So that even the memory of them

Would disappear.

²⁷ But then I thought,

“My enemies will boast,

‘Israel is destroyed by our own might;

It was not the Lord

Who did it!’”