24 They shall be wasted with hunger,Devoured by pestilence and bitter destruction;I will also send against them the teeth of beasts,With the poison of serpents of the dust.
25 The sword shall destroy outside;There shall be terror withinFor the young man and virgin,The nursing child with the man of gray hairs.
26 I would have said, “I will dash them in pieces,I will make the memory of them to cease from among men,”
27 Had I not feared the wrath of the enemy,Lest their adversaries should misunderstand,Lest they should say, “Our hand is high;And it is not the Lord who has done all this.” ’
28 “For they are a nation void of counsel,Nor is there any understanding in them.
29 Oh, that they were wise, that they understood this,That they would consider their latter end!
30 How could one chase a thousand,And two put ten thousand to flight,Unless their Rock had sold them,And the Lord had surrendered them?