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27 But I didn’t want ·their enemy to brag [or to provoke the enemy];
    their enemy might misunderstand
and say, ‘·We have won [L Our hand is lifted up]!
    The Lord has done none of this.’”

28 ·Israel [L They are a nation that] has no sense;
    they do not understand.
29 I wish they were wise and understood this;
    I wish they could see ·what will happen to them [their end].

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27 but I dreaded the taunt of the enemy,
    lest the adversary misunderstand(A)
and say, ‘Our hand has triumphed;
    the Lord has not done all this.’”(B)

28 They are a nation without sense,
    there is no discernment(C) in them.
29 If only they were wise and would understand this(D)
    and discern what their end will be!(E)

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