Daily Bread

“The prophecy of Balaam son of Beor,
    the prophecy of one whose eye sees clearly,^(E)
4 the prophecy of one who hears the words of God,^(F)
    who sees a vision from the Almighty,^[a](G)
    who falls prostrate, and whose eyes are opened:

⁵ “How beautiful are your tents,^(H) Jacob,
    your dwelling places, Israel!

⁶ “Like valleys they spread out,
    like gardens beside a river,^(I)
like aloes^(J) planted by the Lord,
    like cedars beside the waters.^(K)
7 Water will flow from their buckets;
    their seed will have abundant water.

“Their king will be greater than Agag;^(L)
    their kingdom will be exalted.^(M)

⁸ “God brought them out of Egypt;
    they have the strength of a wild ox.
They devour hostile nations
    and break their bones in pieces;^(N)
    with their arrows they pierce them.^(O)
9 Like a lion they crouch and lie down,
    like a lioness^(P)—who dares to rouse them?

“May those who bless you be blessed^(Q)
    and those who curse you be cursed!”^(R)

“The prophecy of Balaam son of Beor,
    the prophecy of one whose eye sees clearly,
¹⁶ the prophecy of one who hears the words^(AD) of God,
    who has knowledge from the Most High,^(AE)
who sees a vision from the Almighty,
    who falls prostrate, and whose eyes are opened:

¹⁷ “I see him, but not now;
    I behold him, but not near.^(AF)
A star will come out of Jacob;^(AG)
    a scepter will rise out of Israel.^(AH)
He will crush the foreheads of Moab,^(AI)
    the skulls^[b](AJ) of^[c] all the people of Sheth.^[d]
18 Edom^(AK) will be conquered;
    Seir,^(AL) his enemy, will be conquered,^(AM)
    but Israel^(AN) will grow strong.
¹⁹ A ruler will come out of Jacob^(AO)
    and destroy the survivors of the city.”

“Amalek was first among the nations,
    but their end will be utter destruction.”^(AQ)

“Your dwelling place is secure,^(AS)
    your nest is set in a rock;
²² yet you Kenites will be destroyed
    when Ashur^(AT) takes you captive.”

“Alas! Who can live when God does this?^[e]
24     Ships will come from the shores of Cyprus;^(AU)
they will subdue Ashur^(AV) and Eber,^(AW)
    but they too will come to ruin.^(AX)”