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- I shall see him, but not now:
- I shall behold him, but not nigh:
- There shall come a Star out of Jacob,
- And a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel,
- And shall smite the corners of Moab,
- And destroy all the children of Sheth.
- And Edom shall be a possession,
- Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies;
- And Israel shall do valiantly.
- Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion,
- And shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.
And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said,
- Amalek was the first of the nations;
- But his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.
And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said,
- Strong is thy dwellingplace,
- And thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
- Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted,
- Until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
And he took up his parable, and said,
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