24. “Wasted by scarcity of food, And consumed by heat and bitter destruction, And the teeth of beasts I send upon them, With the poison of serpents of the dust.
25. “The sword bereaves from the outside, And fear from within, Both young man and maiden, Nursing child with the man of grey hairs.
26. “I said, ‘I should blow them away, I should make the remembrance of them To cease from among men,
27. ‘If I did not fear the enemy’s taunt, Lest their adversaries misunderstand, Lest they say, “Our hand is high, And יהוה has not done all this.” ’
28. “For they are a nation lost to counsel, And there is no understanding in them.
29. “If they were wise, They would understand this, They would consider their latter end!