The Bible in Basic English BBE
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26 I said I would send them wandering far away, I would make all memory of them go from the minds of men:
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I said I would scatter them and erase their name from human memory,
27 But for the fear that their haters, uplifted in their pride, might say, Our hand is strong, the Lord has not done all this.
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but I dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest the adversary misunderstand and say, ‘Our hand has triumphed; the LORD has not done all this.’ ”
28 For they are a nation without wisdom; there is no sense in them.
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They are a nation without sense, there is no discernment in them.
29 If only they were wise, if only this was clear to them, and they would give thought to their future!
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If only they were wise and would understand this and discern what their end will be!
30 How would it be possible for one to overcome a thousand, and two to send ten thousand in flight, if their rock had not let them go, if the Lord had not given them up?
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How could one man chase a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
31 For their rock is not like our Rock, even our haters themselves being judges.
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For their rock is not like our Rock, as even our enemies concede.
32 For their vine is the vine of Sodom, from the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are the grapes of evil, and the berries are bitter:
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Their vine comes from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are filled with poison, and their clusters with bitterness.
33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, the cruel poison of snakes.
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Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras.
34 Is not this among my secrets, kept safe in my store-house?
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“Have I not kept this in reserve and sealed it in my vaults?
35 Punishment is mine and reward, at the time of the slipping of their feet: for the day of their downfall is near, sudden will be their fate.
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It is mine to avenge; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; their day of disaster is near and their doom rushes upon them.”
36 For the Lord will be judge of his people, he will have pity for his servants; when he sees that their power is gone, there is no one, shut up or free.
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The LORD will vindicate his people and relent concerning his servants when he sees their strength is gone and no one is left, slave or free.
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