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Water shall flow from his buckets,
    and his seed shall have abundant water;
his king shall be higher than Agag,
    and his kingdom shall be exalted.(A)
God, who brings him out of Egypt,
    is like the horns of a wild ox for him;
he shall devour the nations that are his foes
    and break their bones.
    He shall strike with his arrows.[a](B)
He crouched; he lay down like a lion
    and like a lioness; who will rouse him up?
Blessed is everyone who blesses you,
    and cursed is everyone who curses you.”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 24.8 Meaning of Heb uncertain

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)

“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)
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)

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