CLV(i)
16 the averring of the one hearing the sayings of El and realizing the knowledge of the Supreme. He is perceiving a vision from Him Who-Suffices, falling prostrate, yet his eyes are revealed.
17 I see him yet not now, I regard him yet not near. A star will tread forth from Jacob; a scepter will arise from Israel, and he will transfix both edges of Moab, and the scalp of all the sons of tumult.
18 Edom will become a tenancy, even Seir will become a tenancy of its enemies; yet Israel will do ably.
19 One from Jacob shall hold sway, and will destroy the survivors of the city.
20 When he saw Amalek, he took up his discourse and said:First of the nations was Amalek, yet his hereafter will lead unto perishing.
21 When he saw the Kenite, he took up his discourse and said:Perennial is your dwelling, and set high in a crag is your nest.
22 But rather shall Cain come to eradication; how long until Asshur shall capture you?
23 Then he took up his discourse and said:Woe! Who shall live when El lays it down?
24 And those going forth from the hand of Kittim will humiliate Assyria and humiliate Eber. Yet he, too, will come unto perishing.