^{26 Ref} I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:

^{27 Ref} Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this.

^{28 Ref} For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.