10. Then Balak’s anger was aroused against Balaam, and he struck his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, “I called you to curse my enemies, and look, you have bountifully blessed them these three times!
11. Now therefore, flee to your place. I said I would greatly honor you, but in fact, the Lord has kept you back from honor.”
12. So Balaam said to Balak, “Did I not also speak to your messengers whom you sent to me, saying,
13. ‘If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the word of the Lord, to do good or bad of my own will. What the Lord says, that I must speak’?
14. And now, indeed, I am going to my people. Come, I will advise you what this people will do to your people in the latter days.”
15. So he took up his oracle and said:“The utterance of Balaam the son of Beor,And the utterance of the man whose eyes are opened;
16. The utterance of him who hears the words of God,And has the knowledge of the Most High,Who sees the vision of the Almighty,Who falls down, with eyes wide open:
17. “I see Him, but not now;I behold Him, but not near;A Star shall come out of Jacob;A Scepter shall rise out of Israel,And batter the brow of Moab,And destroy all the sons of tumult.
18. “And Edom shall be a possession;Seir also, his enemies, shall be a possession,While Israel does valiantly.
19. Out of Jacob One shall have dominion,And destroy the remains of the city.”