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21 He looked at the Kenites, took up his oracle, and said:

Permanent is your dwelling place.
Set in stone is your nest.
22 However, you Kenites will be destroyed,
    when Ashshur takes you captive.

23 He took up his oracle and said:

Ah, 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.