25. Without shall the sword bereave, And in the chambers terror; It shall destroy both young man and virgin, The suckling with the man of gray hairs.
26. I said, I would scatter them afar, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
27. Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, Lest their adversaries should misdeem, Lest they should say, Our hand is exalted, And the LORD hath not done all this.
28. For they are a nation void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them.
29. Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!