²⁷ Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy,
Lest their adversaries should judge amiss,
Lest they should say, Our hand is exalted,
And Jehovah hath not done all this.
²⁸ For they are a nation void of counsel,
And there is no understanding in them.
²⁹ Oh that they were wise, that they understood this,
That they would consider their latter end!