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27 But I feared the taunt of Israel’s enemy,
    who might misunderstand and say,
“Our own power has triumphed!
    The Lord had nothing to do with this!”’

28 “But Israel is a senseless nation;
    the people are foolish, without understanding.
29 Oh, that they were wise and could understand this!
    Oh, that they might know their fate!

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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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