29. If only they were wise, they would figure it out;they would understand their fate.
30. How could one man pursue a thousand,or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them,unless the Lord had given them up?
31. But their “rock” is not like our Rock;even our enemies concede.
32. For their vine is from the vine of Sodomand from the fields of Gomorrah.Their grapes are poisonous;their clusters are bitter.
33. Their wine is serpents’ venom,the deadly poison of cobras.
34. “Is it not stored up with Me,sealed up in My vaults?
35. Vengeance belongs to Me; I will repay. In time their foot will slip,for their day of disaster is near,and their doom is coming quickly.”
36. The Lord will indeed vindicate His peopleand have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is goneand no one is left — slave or free.
37. He will say: “Where are their gods,the ‘rock’ they found refuge in?
38. Who ate the fat of their sacrificesand drank the wine of their drink offerings?Let them rise up and help you;let it be a shelter for you.
39. See now that I alone am He;there is no God but Me. I bring death and I give life;I wound and I heal.No one can rescue anyone from My hand.
40. I raise My hand to heaven and declare:As surely as I live forever,
41. when I sharpen My flashing sword,and My hand takes hold of judgment,I will take vengeance on My adversariesand repay those who hate Me.