“The prophecy of Balaam son of Beor,
    the prophecy of one whose eye sees clearly,
¹⁶ the prophecy of one who hears the words^(A) of God,
    who has knowledge from the Most High,^(B)
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.^(C)
A star will come out of Jacob;^(D)
    a scepter will rise out of Israel.^(E)
He will crush the foreheads of Moab,^(F)
    the skulls^[a](G) of^[b] all the people of Sheth.^[c]
18 Edom^(H) will be conquered;
    Seir,^(I) his enemy, will be conquered,^(J)
    but Israel^(K) will grow strong.
¹⁹ A ruler will come out of Jacob^(L)
    and destroy the survivors of the city.”