Do not bind the plans of the Lord our God; for God is not like man as if he could be threatened; neither is he like the son of man so that he would be wavering.
Therefore let us wait for salvation from him and call upon him to help us, and he will hear our voice, if it pleases him. For there arose none in our age, neither is there any now in these days, neither tribe, nor family, nor people, nor city among us, who worship gods made with hands, as has happened in past times. For this reason our fathers were given to the sword and as a spoil and had a great fall before our enemies.