Deuteronomy · Deuteronomy 32
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; the LORD has not done all this.’”
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The verses immediately either side, within Deuteronomy 32.
Before
26I said that I would scatter them afar. I would make their memory to cease from amongst men;
Deuteronomy 32:27
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; the LORD has not done all this.’”
After
28For they are a nation void of counsel. There is no understanding in them.
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