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Deuteronomy 32:26-29 New International Version (NIV)

26. I said I would scatter them and erase their name from human memory,

27. but I dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest the adversary misunderstand and say, ‘Our hand has triumphed; the Lord has not done all this.’ ”

28. They are a nation without sense, there is no discernment in them.

29. If only they were wise and would understand this and discern what their end will be!