Deuteronomy 32:25-27

Tree of Life Version

²⁵ Outside the sword deals death,
    and inside terror—
to both young men and young women,
    infants, with men of gray hair.
²⁶ I would have said,
‘I will hack them to pieces,
make the memory of them cease from mankind,’
²⁷ except I dread the taunt of the enemy,
lest their foes might misconstrue—
lest they say, ‘Our hand is held high,
and Adonai has not done all this.’