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“He makes nations great, and He destroys them;
He enlarges nations, and leads them away [captive].
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“He removes intelligence and understanding from the leaders of the people of the earth
And makes them wander and move blindly in a pathless waste.
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“They grope in darkness without light,
And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.”