Deuteronomy 32:26-38 - The Weakness Of Other Gods

²⁶ “I would have said: I will cut them to pieces
and blot out the memory of them from mankind,
²⁷ if I had not feared insult from the enemy,
or feared that these foes might misunderstand
and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed;
it wasn’t the Lord who did all this.’” ²⁸ Israel is a nation lacking sense
with no understanding at all.
²⁹ If only they were wise, they would figure it out;
they would understand their fate.
³⁰ How could one man pursue a thousand,
or two put ten thousand to flight,
unless their Rock had sold them,
unless the Lord had given them up?
³¹ But their “rock” is not like our Rock;
even our enemies concede.
³² For their vine is from the vine of Sodom
and from the fields of Gomorrah.
Their grapes are poisonous;
their clusters are bitter.
³³ Their wine is serpents’ venom,
the deadly poison of cobras. ³⁴ “Is it not stored up with Me,
sealed up in My vaults?
³⁵ Vengeance belongs to Me; I will repay.
In time their foot will slip,
for their day of disaster is near,
and their doom is coming quickly.”
³⁶ The Lord will indeed vindicate His people
and have compassion on His servants
when He sees that their strength is gone
and no one is left—slave or free.
³⁷ He will say: “Where are their gods,
the ‘rock’ they found refuge in?
³⁸ Who ate the fat of their sacrifices
and drank the wine of their drink offerings?
Let them rise up and help you;
let it be a shelter for you.