^{24 Ref} [They shall be] wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat Bitter destruction; The teeth of animals will I send on them, With the poison of crawling things of the dust.

^{25 Ref} Outside shall the sword bereave, In the chambers terror; [It shall destroy] both young man and virgin, The suckling with the man of gray hairs.

^{26 Ref} I said, I would scatter them afar, I would make the memory of them to cease from among men;

^{27 Ref} Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, Lest their adversaries should judge wrongly, Lest they should say, Our hand is exalted, Yahweh has not done all this.

^{28 Ref} For they are a nation void of counsel, There is no understanding in them.

^{29 Ref} Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!

^{30 Ref} How should one chase a thousand, Two put ten thousand to flight, Except their Rock had sold them, Yahweh had delivered them up?