28. For they are a nation void of counsel.There is no understanding in them.
29. Oh that they were wise, that they understood this,that they would consider their latter end!
30. How could one chase a thousand,and two put ten thousand to flight,unless their Rock had sold them,and the Lord had delivered them up?
31. For their rock is not as our Rock,even our enemies themselves concede.
32. For their vine is of the vine of Sodom,of the fields of Gomorrah.Their grapes are poison grapes.Their clusters are bitter.
33. Their wine is the poison of serpents,the cruel venom of asps.
34. “Isn’t this laid up in store with me,sealed up amongst my treasures?
35. Vengeance is mine, and recompense,at the time when their foot slides;for the day of their calamity is at hand.Their doom rushes at them.”
36. For the Lord will judge his people,and have compassion on his servants,when he sees that their power is gone;that there is no one remaining, shut up or left at large.
37. He will say, “Where are their gods,the rock in which they took refuge;
38. which ate the fat of their sacrifices,and drank the wine of their drink offering?Let them rise up and help you!Let them be your protection.
39. “See now that I myself am he.There is no god with me.I kill and I make alive.I wound and I heal.There is no one who can deliver out of my hand.
40. For I lift up my hand to heaven and declare,as I live forever,