or to form a compact for the destruction of thy people. This does not refer to them as individuals, but as nations. It is a prayer that they may be so discomfited now that they may see the wickedness and folly of all such efforts, and that they may never again form such a combination. Yea, let them be put to shame. By utter failure in their schemes. And perish. Not individually, but as combined—as an alliance. Let there be a complete end to such a confederacy, so that it shall never be seen again.