¹⁰ The scepter will not depart from Judah,^(A)
    nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,^[a]
until he to whom it belongs^[b] shall come^(B)
    and the obedience of the nations shall be his.^(C)

⁷ Water will flow from their buckets;
    their seed will have abundant water.

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

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;^(C)
    with their arrows they pierce them.^(D)
9 Like a lion they crouch and lie down,
    like a lioness^(E)—who dares to rouse them?

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