Deuteronomy 32:30-32

Contemporary English Version

³⁰How could one enemy soldier
chase a thousand
    of Israel's troops?
Or how could two of theirs
    pursue ten thousand of ours?
It can only happen if the Lord
stops protecting Israel
    and lets the enemy win.
³¹Even our enemies know
that only our God
    is a Mighty Rock.^[a]

³²Our enemies are grapevines
rooted in the fields
of Sodom and Gomorrah.^[b]
The grapes they produce
are full of bitter poison;

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Footnotes

32.31 Mighty Rock: See the note at 32.4.
32.32 Sodom and Gomorrah: Two cities that the Lord destroyed because their people were so evil (see Genesis 18.16—19.28).