Deuteronomy 32:25-27

251Outside the sword will make them childless, And inside, terror-- 2Both young man and virgin, The nursing child with the man of gray hair.26I would have said, “3I will wipe them out, 4I will remove the mention of 5their name from humanity,”27Had I not feared the provocation by the enemy, That their adversaries would misjudge, That they would say, “6Our hand is 7triumphant, And the Lord has not performed all this.”’