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30 How could one enemy soldier
chase a thousand
    of Israel's troops?
Or how could two of theirs
    pursue ten thousand of ours?
It can only happen if the Lord
stops protecting Israel
    and lets the enemy win.
31 Even our enemies know
that only our God
    is a Mighty Rock.[a]

32 Our enemies are grapevines
rooted in the fields
    of Sodom and Gomorrah.[b]
The grapes they produce
    are full of bitter poison;

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Footnotes

  1. 32.31 Mighty Rock: See the note at 32.4.
  2. 32.32 Sodom and Gomorrah: Two cities that the Lord destroyed because their people were so evil (see Genesis 18.16—19.28).

30 How could one man chase a thousand,
    or two put ten thousand to flight,(A)
unless their Rock had sold them,(B)
    unless the Lord had given them up?(C)
31 For their rock is not like our Rock,(D)
    as even our enemies concede.(E)
32 Their vine comes from the vine of Sodom(F)
    and from the fields of Gomorrah.
Their grapes are filled with poison,(G)
    and their clusters with bitterness.(H)

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