Deuteronomy 28:52

28:52 They will besiege all of your villages ¹  until all of your high and fortified walls collapse – those in which you put your confidence throughout the land. They will besiege all your villages throughout the land the Lord your God has given you.

Job 12:14

12:14 If ²  he tears down, it cannot be rebuilt;

if he imprisons a person, there is no escape. ³ 

¹ tn Heb “gates,” also in vv. 55, 57.

² tn The use of הֵן (hen, equivalent to הִנֵּה, hinneh, “behold”) introduces a hypothetical condition.

³ tn The verse employs antithetical ideas: “tear down” and “build up,” “imprison” and “escape.” The Niphal verbs in the sentences are potential imperfects. All of this is to say that humans cannot reverse the will of God.