Numbers 24:14-19

Good News Translation

Balaam's Final Prophecies

¹⁴Balaam said to Balak, “Now I am going back to my own people, but before I go, I am warning you what the people of Israel will do to your people in the future.” ¹⁵Then he uttered this prophecy:

“The message of Balaam son of Beor,
The words of the man who can see clearly,^[a]
¹⁶Who can hear what God is saying
And receive the knowledge that comes from the Most High.
With staring eyes I see in a trance
A vision from Almighty God.
¹⁷I look into the future,
And I see the nation of Israel.
A king, like a bright star, will arise in that nation.
Like a comet he will come from Israel.
He will strike the leaders of Moab
And beat down all the people of Seth.^[b]
¹⁸He will conquer his enemies in Edom
And make their land his property,
While Israel continues victorious.
¹⁹The nation of Israel will trample them down
And wipe out the last survivors.”