Deuteronomy 32:25-27

American Standard Version

²⁵ Without shall the sword bereave,
And in the chambers terror;
It shall destroy both young man and virgin,
The suckling with the man of gray hairs.
²⁶ I said, I would scatter them afar,
I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men;
²⁷ Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy,
Lest their adversaries should judge amiss,
Lest they should say, Our hand is exalted,
And Jehovah hath not done all this.