And God came to Balaam at night and said to him, “If the men have come to call you, rise, go with them; but only do what I tell you.”

And Balaam took up his discourse and said, “Rise, Balak, and hear; give ear to me, O son of Zippor:

Behold, a people! As a lioness it rises up and as a lion it lifts itself; it does not lie down until it has devoured the prey and drunk the blood of the slain.”

I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near: a star shall come out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel; it shall crush the forehead of Moab and break down all the sons of Sheth.

And behold, you have risen in your fathers' place, a brood of sinful men, to increase still more the fierce anger of the Lord against Israel!