^{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.