26. I said I would scatter them. I said I would wipe them from human memory.
27. But I was afraid their enemies would make fun of that. I was afraid their attackers would not understand. I was sure they would say, 'We're the ones who've beaten them! The Lord isn't the one who did it.' "
28. Israel is a nation that doesn't have any sense. They can't understand anything.
29. I wish they were wise. Then they would understand what's coming. They'd realize what would happen to them in the end.
30. How could one person chase a thousand? How could two make ten thousand run away? It couldn't happen unless their Rock had deserted them. It couldn't take place unless the Lord had given them up.