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21 He looked at the Kenites
    and raised his voice
    and gave his address:
“Your dwelling is secure;
        your nest is set in the rock.
22 Yet Kain will burn
    when Asshur takes you away captive.”
23 He raised his voice
    and made his address:
    “How terrible!
    Who will live when God does this?

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Balaam’s Sixth Message

21 Then he saw the Kenites(A) and spoke his message:

“Your dwelling place is secure,(B)
    your nest is set in a rock;
22 yet you Kenites will be destroyed
    when Ashur(C) takes you captive.”

Balaam’s Seventh Message

23 Then he spoke his message:

“Alas! Who can live when God does this?[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 24:23 Masoretic Text; with a different word division of the Hebrew The people from the islands will gather from the north.