26. I said: Where are they? I will cause their memory to cease from among men.
27. But because of the wrath of the enemies, I have delayed it. Otherwise, perhaps their enemies would be arrogant and would say: "Our exalted hand, and not the Lord, has done all these things."
28. They are a nation without counsel and without prudence.
29. I wish that they would be wise and understanding, and would provide for the very end.'
30. How is it that one pursues a thousand, and two chases ten thousand? Is it not because their God has sold them, and because the Lord has enclosed them?
31. For our God is not like their gods. And our enemies are judges.
32. Their vines are of the vines of Sodom, but from the suburbs of Gomorrah. Their grapes are the grapes of gall, and their grape clusters are most bitter.
33. Their wine is the gall of snakes, and it is the incurable venom of asps.
34. 'Have not these things been stored up with me, and sealed up amid my treasures?
35. Vengeance is mine, and I will repay them in due time, so that their foot may slip and fall. The day of perdition is near, and the time rushes to appear.'
36. The Lord will judge his people, and he will take pity on his servants. He will see that their hand has been weakened, and that those who have been enclosed have likewise failed, and that those who have been left behind have been consumed.
37. And he shall say: 'Where are their gods, in whom they had confidence?
38. They ate the fat of their victims, and they drank the wine of their libations. So let these rise up, and bring relief to you, and protect you in your distress.
39. See that I am alone, and there is no other god beside me. I will kill, and I will cause to live. I will strike, and I will heal. And there is no one who is able to rescue from my hand.
40. I will lift up my hand to heaven, and I will say: I live in eternity.
41. When I sharpen my sword like lightning, and my hand takes hold of judgment, then I will render vengeance to my enemies, and I will repay those who hate me.