11. Now flee to your own place. I thought to promote you to great honor. But certainly, the Lord has kept you back from honor.”
12. Balaam said to Balak, “Did I not speak to your messengers which you sent to me, saying,
13. ‘If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the mouth of the Lord, to do either good or bad of my own mind. But what the Lord speaks, I will speak’?
14. And now, I am going to my people. Come, I will advise you what this people will do to your people in the latter days.”
15. He took up his parable and said: “The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor,and the oracle of the man whose eyes are open;
16. the oracle of the one hearing the words of God,and knowing the knowledge of the Most High,who sees the vision of the Almighty,falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
17. “I will see him, but not now;I will behold him, but not near;a star will come out of Jacob,and a scepter will rise out of Israel,and will crush the borderlands of Moab,and destroy all the children of Sheth.
18. Edom will be a possession,and Seir, a possession of its enemies,while Israel does valiantly.
19. One out of Jacob shall have dominion,and destroy the survivors of the city.”
20. Then he looked on Amalek; he took up his proverb and said: “Amalek was the first of the nations,but his end will be that he perishes forever.”
21. He looked on the Kenites and took up his proverb and said: “Strong is your dwelling place,and you put your nest in a rock;
22. nevertheless the Kenite will be wasted.How long until Ashur carries you away captive?”
23. He took up his proverb and said: “Alas, who will live when God does this?