13. ‘Even if Balak gives me his most beautiful house filled with silver and gold, I can still say only what the Lord commands me to say. I cannot do anything myself, good or bad. I must say what the Lord commands.’
14. Now I am going back to my own people. But I will give you this warning. I will tell you what these Israelites will do to you and your people in the future.”
15. Then Balaam gave this message: “This message is from Balaam son of Beor. I am speaking about things I see clearly.
16. I heard this message from God. I learned what God Most High taught me. I saw what God All-Powerful showed me. I humbly tell what I clearly see.
17. “I see him coming, but not now. I see him coming, but not soon. A star will come from the family of Jacob. A new ruler will come from the Israelites. He will smash the heads of the Moabites and crush the heads of all the sons of Sheth.
18. Israel will grow strong! He will get the land of Edom. He will get the land of Seir, his enemy.
19. “A new ruler will come from the family of Jacob. That ruler will destroy the people left alive in that city.”
20. Then Balaam saw the Amalekites and said this: “Amalek is the strongest of all nations, but even Amalek will be destroyed!”
21. Then Balaam saw the Kenites and said this: “You believe that your country is safe, like a bird’s nest high on a mountain.
22. But you Kenites will be destroyed, just as the Lord destroyed Cain. Assyria will make you prisoners.”
23. Then Balaam said this: “No one can live when God does this.